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Table 2 For students who passed the course, percentage marks for examinations and ongoing assessment

From: Descriptive study of how proportioning marks determines the performance of nursing students in a pharmacology course

Year and semester

Percentage Marks in each component (number of students)

 

2014

Examinations

Ongoing assessment

Paired t-test

Tutorials

Assignment

Paired t-test

1

57.7 ± 0.9 (215)

72.4 ± 0.5 (215)

P < 0.0001

82.3 ± 1.1 (215)

71.2 ± 1.0 (215)

P < 0.0001

2

58.9 ± 0.7 (323)

77.9 ± 0.6 (323)

P < 0.0001

83.3 ± 0.7 (323)

74.2 ± 0.7 (323)

P < 0.0001

Unpaired t-test

Not significantly different

P < 0.0001

 

Not significant different

P < 0.0001

 

2015

      

1

60.1 ± 1.0 (207)

72.6 ± 0.9 (207)

P < 0.0001

82.3 ± 1.5 (207)

63.4 ± 1.5 (207)

P < 0.0001

2

58.5 ± 0.7 (343)

80.7 ± 0.6 (343)

P < 0.0001

83.4 ± 0.7 (343)

75.1 ± 0.7 (343)

P < 0.0001

Unpaired t-test

Not significantly different

P < 0.0001

 

Not significantly different

P < 0.0001

 
  1. Each value is the mean ± SEM (number of students)
  2. Unpaired t-test is between semesters 1 and 2
  3. Paired t-tests are between examinations and ongoing assessment marks, and between tutorial and assignment marks