title: An analysis of an admissions system: can performance in the first year of the dental course be predicted?
abstract: The admissions process must be scrupulously fair and select the most suitable students. Data on applicants to the Manchester Dental School for the 1996/97 academic year were analysed. The aims of this project were to: describe the applicants using information from the UCAS (university entrance) form; to relate information from the UCAS form to interview performance and A-level results; and to evaluate whether these factors can predict performance during the first year of the course.
authors: Turner Dental School, University of Manchester.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Hoad-Reddick
authors: T V
authors: TV
authors: Macfarlane
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012575:Schools, Dental; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines