Science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with selecting a STEM college major¶
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q2 i? The relationship between science club participation and STEM major selection is not statistically significant in baseline OLS or propensity matching models, unlike the math club result. → 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 and propensity-matched models in Table 7 for science club: odds ratios of 1.606 and 1.410 (OLS) and 1.096, 1.033, and 1.112 (matching) were all non-significant. Equivalence was not tested; the study only did not detect an effect.
"The results for science club were not significant, neither in baseline OLS models nor in propensity matching. The relationship between club participation and STEM major selection was only prevalent in math."
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Related Claims¶
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Science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with selecting a STEM college major |
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Science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with selecting a STEM college major |
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