Determinants of peer selection for collaborative group work of third-year bachelor students in a medical degree programme with learning communities

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic of participants.

LC	Student number	Female		Domestic student
SC	239	180	75.31%	235	98.33%
IC	381	273	71.65%	378	99.21%
GH	280	192	68.57%	185	66.07%
MM	252	154	61.11%	179	71.03%
Total	1152	799	69.36%	977	84.81%

Table 2. Student choice of mixed or mono group by cohort.

Cohort	Student number	Mono group		Mixed group
BA1415	394	211	53.55%	183	46.45%
BA1516	376	201	53.32%	175	46.42%
BA1617	382	239	62.47%	143	37.53%
Total	1152	651	56.51%	501	43.49%

Table 3. Student choice of mixed or mono group by student background and previous collaboration.

variables	Mono group (n = 651)	Mixed group (n = 501)
Age, mean (SD)	22.09 (1.649)	22.23 (1.724)
Female, n (%)	474 (72.81)	325 (64.87)
Domestic, n (%)	567 (87.10)	418 (83.43)
Collaborated before, n (%)	462(70.97)	275 (54.89)
Written test score, mean (SD)	6.68 (.60)	6.57 (.61)
High achiever, n (%)	184 (28.26)	104 (20.76)
Medium achiever, n (%)	325 (49.92)	253 (50.50)
Low achiever, n (%)	142 (21.81)	144 (28.74)
LC, n (%)
SC	138 (21.20)	101 (20.16)
IC	209 (32.10)	172 (34.33)
GH	158 (24.27)	122 (24.35)
MM	146 (22.43)	106 (21.16)

Table 4. Student choice of mixed or mono group by academic performance.

Academic performance in groups	Mono group	Mixed group
Groups contain both high and low achievers	48	17
Groups do not contain both high and low achievers	138	113

Table 5. Correlation analysis of demographic and performance characteristics.

	LC	gender	nationality	collaborated	Written test score	age
LC	1
gender	.091**	1
nationality	.332**	.141**	1
collaborated	−.061*	−.064*	.026	1
Written test	−.014	−.088**	−.048*	−.013	1
age	.074**	.144**	.293**	−.047	−.084**	1

*The Kendall and Pearson rank correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**The Kendall and Pearson rank correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Table 6. Binary logistic regression analysis of student characteristics and choice of a mono group.

Variables	B	S.E	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)	95% C.I. for Exp(B)
							Lower	Upper
Sex	.272	.133	4.150	1	.042	1.312	1.010	1.704
Collaborated	.699	.128	29.709	1	.000	2.012	1.565	2.588
Written test	.298	.103	8.395	1	.004	1.347	1.101	1.648
Constant	−2.338	.690	11.489	1	.001	.097

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, N.A. Bos, upon reasonable request.