Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland.

Date:
1934
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Credit: Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XIX () GERMAN Showing distribution of degree and class marks in German (Ordinary). Degree Marks Meee Me ma Sg bo eam cal le TA A SE alee <} <- =f LT ay wy \o \o \o ™ M™ fant 80-83 I I 76-79 I Zales 72-75 8 2 she ee a 12 s 04-07 2 3 I 2 I a 60-63 I 2 I I : ss 56-59 I 2 I I I 6 O 52-55 i I 48-51 fo) 44-47 O 40-43 | I I Totals] 1 2 6 3 6 6 9 8 2 Aaa r= 85 P0276 It will be observed that with the exception of German the average mark in degree examinations is generally higher than the average mark in class examinations. The difference, how- ever, is comparatively slight in all subjects except Mathematics, where it is very great. In Mathematics students who have made more than a certain percentage in class examinations are exempted from the degree examination altogether. Only students who were not thus exempted are included in the tables here. The correlations are high, ranging from -51 to -85, the explana- tion doubtless being that one individual, the professor, parti- cipates in both estimates. They are: Subject. a PE,. English . : : Ss y 031 Mathematics . : ees L 055 Latin : : sy 5 ‘O24. Frenchy”: : ; sare O19 German . ; : a tas 028