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 LVIII Showing mean Department’s and Teachers’ marks in Leaving Certificate in English, Higher Mathematics, and Higher Science, of students who passed in, failed in, or were exempt from the Ordinary degree examinations in Natural Philosophy (Physics). Men and Women. Pass. Baile) | Exempt, Non- Total Exempt “ | c English . | 56-4. 53°5 60°9 55° 57°9 “ (29) (22) (49) (51) (100) F- Maths. . 61°8 65-2 72:0 63°3 67°7 g (27) (22) (49) (49) (98) q Science . 58-0 54°9 66°5 56:7 61:9 A (20) (14) (39) (34) (73) . English . 56:6 56°5 | 62°9 56°5 59:7 % (27) (19) (47) (46) (93) s | Maths. . 60°5 63°6 68-7 61°9 65°3 %e (26) (22) (47) (48) (95) | Science . 58:9 59°5 65-8 59:2 62°8 & (18) (12) (37) (30) (67) 1 All figures in these “Pass” and “Fail”? columns refer to first attempts. The figures in brackets show frequencies. The first of these two tables shows that there is some relation, though not a very close relation, between success in these three subjects at school and success in Natural Philosophy (Physics) at the University. The relation is naturally closest in the case of Science, since the school course in Higher Science serves to some extent as an introduction to the University course in Natural Philosophy. If the relation between English and Natural Philosophy is not very close, it is still quite as close as the relation between English and Mental Philosophy. But it is