An analysis of an admissions system: can performance in the first year of the dental course be predicted?
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.
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Turner Dental School, University of Manchester.
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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
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines