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Old 04-14-2008, 09:19 AM
BrendaB_MD BrendaB_MD is offline
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Comparing match rates

I have often cautioned against comparing match stats. There are a number of reasons that make such comparisons silly. The data are inaccurate and to do it well you would have to control for stats (USMLE scores) and the number of people who apply for each specialty. But, curiosity got the better of me so I decided to ignore my own advice. Here is a comparison of Saba vs SGU:

I compared primary care (FM, IM, Peds, Psych) vs nonprimary care placements. The Saba data is nicely organized by speciality so I included all the data. The SGU data is organized by name so I went alphabetically until I got tired.

Here it is:

SGU
primary care:112
non primary care: 27
SABA
primary care:101
non primary care: 26
Chi Sqr = 0.046 (p<0.17)

There is no real difference -- at least from the data I included. Feel free to submit your improved analysis.

Last edited by BrendaB_MD; 04-14-2008 at 09:24 AM.
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