Math club participation is positively associated with high school math GPA, with a medium standardized relationship that persists after propensity score matching¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Participation in math club has a positive, statistically significant relationship with cumulative high school math GPA after controlling for student, family, and school covariates, with a standardized regression coefficient of 0.27 in the full model. → Gottfried 2013 q2 i? The positive math GPA relationship remains significant under block and kernel propensity score matching, though not nearest-neighbor matching. → Gottfried 2013 (2)

Evidence¶

Gottfried 2013¶

Gottfried, M. A. & Williams, D. (2013). STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (79). http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1361

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Baseline OLS regressions on the Add Health regression sample predicting math GPA. The article reports standardized regression coefficient effect sizes "0.50 and 0.27 for models 1 and 2 in math", characterizing the relationship as medium-sized and tempered by the inclusion of covariates.

"The effect sizes of participating in math or science club, as defined by the standardized regression coefficient , were 0.50 and 0.27 for models 1 and 2 in math, respectively, and 0.45 and 0.27 for models 1 and 2 in science."

Gottfried 2013 (2)¶

Gottfried, M. A. & Williams, D. (2013). STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (79). http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1361

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Propensity score matching analysis contrasting matched math club participants and non-participants. Block matching (0.233, p<0.05) and kernel matching (0.426, p<0.001) were significant; nearest-neighbor matching (0.136) was not, so evidence is mixed across matching schemes. No standardized effect size is printed for the matching models.

"When matched on their propensity to participate in a math club, students in math club had higher math GPAs, as evidenced by both block matching and kernel matching."

Discussion¶

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