Table 5 A table of the estimated characteristics of the UKCAT total score (in this case standardised as a z-score) for screening-out medical school applicants likely to fail at least 1Â year of university at first sitting
Cut-off z-score (standardised UKCAT total score) | Sensitivity | Specificity | Accuracy of classification |
|---|---|---|---|
≤ –3.0 | 99.9 % | 0.2 % | 62.6 % |
≤ –2.5 | 99.7 % | 1.0 % | 62.8 % |
≤ –2.0 | 99.0 % | 3.0 % | 63.1 % |
≤ –1.5 | 97.2 % | 7.00 % | 63.4 % |
≤ –1.0 | 92.1 % | 15.2 % | 63.3 % |
≤ –0.5 | 81.7 % | 29.6 % | 62.2 % |
≤ 0.0 | 62.1 % | 50.5 % | 57.8 % |
≤ 0.5 | 37.6 % | 72.8 % | 50.8 % |
≤ 1.0 | 18.0 % | 89.0 % | 44.6 % |
≤ 1.5 | 6.7 % | 96.2 % | 40.2 % |
≤ 2.0 | 1.8 % | 99.1 % | 38.2 % |
≤ 2.5 | 0.5 % | 99.8 % | 37.6 % |
≤ 3.0 | 0.1 % | 99.9 % | 37.5 % |