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21 Jul 2015: field of applicants in each subject and the use of common modes of assessment, such as aptitude tests. ... It also does not adequately acknowledge that alternative academic tests (BMAT, AEA, etc.) may offer useful information about potential in the short

6 May 2011: 1 Such correlations are markedly stronger than those between GCSE and Tripos (mean = 0.26) or aptitude tests, such as BMAT or TSA, and Tripos (mean = 0.18). ... This is harder (and very time-consuming) to assess. Economics and Modern Languages, for

21 Jul 2015: We believe that additional tests (e.g. the Biomedical Admissions Test [BMAT]) administered by a professional and independent organisation, such as UCLES, offer useful information about the potential of students, and ... h) making more use of existing

23 Jul 2018: Testing OAC2011. In order to test the ability of OAC2011 to adequately identify applicants whose socio-economic. ... 3d appeared to possess somewhat different socio-economic characteristics, which were reflected in its.

15 Apr 2011: Statistical advice was provided by William Peterson of the Faculty of Economics and John Bell of Cambridge Assessment. ... Economics I 0.36 0.31 0.19 0.1 AS, TSA, school, gender. 0.29.

20 Jul 2015: Table 1. T-test of UMS for whole population of applicants, by success, 2009-13. ... Independent Samples Test. Levene's Test for Equality of Variances. t-test for Equality of Means.

8 Jan 2020: preparation for application (eg work experience, reading lists, written work,. portfolios), and (d) interviews and tests. ... context – ie it encourages assessment of potential. - Builds in time for interviewing, tests, compilation of portfolios etc. -

6 Jun 2016: attainment groups, we change the post-hoc tests we employ to test for statistical significance. ... Table 3. Games-Howell post-hoc tests: Sciences y1. Profile Comparison Mean difference Std.

22 Oct 2020: not). The χ2 test tests the null hypothesis that the two variables are independent of each other. ... In the example above the χ2 test therefore tests the null hypothesis that whether UK-domiciled applicants have a reported disability is independent of

23 Jul 2018: including socio-economic and occupation measures, and can be used to identify applicants. ... to the University who live in areas with less advantaged socio-economic characteristics.

25 Jan 2012: If this cannot be facilitated, we may be forced to introduce additional admissions tests. ... If highly selective institutions are no longer given sufficient time in which to conduct interviews or set tests then the ability to conduct a robust assessment

11 Sep 2019: 2 by 2 Χ2 tests were used to examine whether the number of applicants from specific within-. ... whether any association seen is statistically significant. Since the Χ2 tests examine the association.

22 Oct 2020: aggregated together, so although this seems to make sense, it has not been possible to test the. ... Cambridge internal data when the Graduate Diploma in Economics (or similar) and Theology exams.

15 Aug 2014: Breadth and flexibility of choice. 4. 5.2 AS gives students the opportunity to try a contrasting or unfamiliar subject – such as a language, science or economics – with the ability to ... If all external Year 12 examinations disappear, schools and

20 Jan 2014: 42. Computer Science. 44. Economics. 46. Sociology. 48. General questions on A level assessment. ... subject, so if teaching is focused narrowly on the test, the quality of education is.

27 Jul 2021: 1. Further self-assessment of undergraduate ethnicity admissions gaps at the University of Cambridge. Executive summary. In 2019 the University of Cambridge conducted a self-assessment of undergraduate admissions (as. part of the development of the

13 Feb 2024: band and a characteristic associated with disadvantage (or the absence of such) and compare the degree outcomes for the groups either just numerically (OfS (2019)) or utilisting tests for statistical significance ... attainment band and a characteristic

7 Dec 2018: Announcements, policies and reports relating to and affecting higher education Widening Participation in Higher Education https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/widening-participation-in-higher-education (Published: July

22 May 2015: A Levels and GCSEs, aptitude tests, school background and gender were all considered.

25 Aug 2015: Wednesday, 1 July, 2015. This paper tests three hypotheses:. If the UMS attainment of applicants made an offer of a place at Cambridge is significantly higher than those not made the