The effect of commercial coaching on selection test performance

Barbara Griffin; Sally Anne Carless; Ian G Wilson

doi:10.3109/0142159X.2012.746451

The effect of commercial coaching on selection test performance

Barbara Griffin, Sally Anne Carless, Ian G Wilson

Psychology

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Abstract

To investigate whether commercial coaching affects performance in the Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT). Method: The effect of coaching on the UMAT scores of 402 final high school students applying for medicine was examined using t-tests and multiple regression analyses that controlled for academic performance, high school type and gender.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	295 - 300
Number of pages	6
Journal	Medical Teacher
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2012.746451
Publication status	Published - 2013

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