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Table 3 For students who passed the course, failure rates in examinations and ongoing assessment

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

 

Examinations

Ongoing assessment

 

Assignment

2014

 

Failure Rates (percentage)

Failure Rates (percentage)

Odds ratio/ P value

Failure Rates (percentage)

Semester 1

43/215 (20.0%)

3/215 (1.4%)

17.7/ P < 0.001

7/215 (3.3%)

Semester 2

85/323 (26.3%)

5/323 (1.6%)

21.4/ P < 0.001

8/323 (2.5%)

2015

Semester 1

39/197 (19.8%)

0/197 (0%)

53.5/ P < 0.01

13/197 (6.6%)

Semester 2

86/343 (25.1%)

3/343 (0.9%)

37.9/P < 0.001

18/343 (5.2%)

  1. Odds ratios are between examinations and ongoing assessment
  2. Failure rates were number of student with less than 50%/total number of students who passed the unit (percentages)