Math club participation is associated with higher odds of declaring a STEM major in college, remaining significant after propensity score matching¶

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q2 i? High school math club participation is positively associated with the probability of having a STEM college major, with odds tempered from roughly 3-to-1 to roughly 2-to-1 after covariates and still significant in all three matching models. → Gottfried 2013

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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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Logistic regression and propensity-matched models predicting STEM major selection from Table 7. Math club odds ratios were 2.766 (no covariates), 2.187 (full model), and 1.232, 1.404, and 1.260 under block, nearest-neighbor, and kernel matching, all statistically significant.

"The inclusion of a full set of covariates, however, did temper the effect math or club participation's positive association in both subject areas from approximately 3-to-1 odds to approximately 2-to-1 odds for math club. Nonetheless, the coefficients remained statistically significant."

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