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Published in final edited form as: Scholarsh Pract Undergrad Res. 2022 Spring;5(3):25–36. doi: 10.18833/spur/5/3/8

TABLE 5.

Academic and Graduate School Outcomes from Chi-Square Analyses, Overall and by Underrepresented Minority Status

Outcome n % n % χ2(1) p value Cramer’s ϕ
BUILD Non-BUILD
Academic
 Graduation status 155 52.20 976 33.10 43.50 <.001*** 0.12
 Academic college change 61 20.50 602 20.40 00.00 .953 0.00
Graduate school
 Application 130 75.00 127 42.00 48.51 <.001*** 0.32
 Admission 103 79.0 77 61.00 10.59 <.001*** 0.20
 Matriculation 89 90.8 71 93.40 00.39 .053 −0.05
PhD programs
 Application 100 97.00 25 68.00 24.80 <.001*** 0.42
 Admission 85 85.00 18 72.00 02.33 .013* 0.14
 Matriculation 73 89.00 17 94.00 00.48 .488 −0.07
BUILD URM Non-BUILD URM
Academic
 Graduation status 178 51.70 1,731 31.90 28.30 <.001*** 0.12
 Academic college change 178 21.90 1,731 20.00 00.37 .543 0.01
Graduate school
 Application 83 78.90 81 46.60 28.54 <.001*** 0.32
 Admission 64 77.10 47 58.00 06.83 .010* 0.20
 Matriculation 98 88.50 44 95.70 01.27 .188 −0.13
PhD programs
 Application 64 97.00 15 65.00 17.24 <.001*** 0.02
 Admission 54 84.40 12 80.00 00.17 .681 0.05
 Matriculation 46 86.80 12 100.00 01.78 .183 −0.17
BUILD Non-URM Non-BUILD Non-URM
Academic
 Graduation status 119 52.90 1,221 34.70 15.55 <.001*** 0.11
 Academic college change 119 18.50 1,221 21.00 00.41 .524 −0.17
Graduate school
 Application 47 69.10 46 35.90 19.61 .000*** 0.32
 Admission 39 83.00 30 65.20 03.83 .050 0.20
 Matriculation 35 94.60 27 90.00 00.51 .477 0.09
PhD programs
 Application 36 97.30 10 71.40 07.69 .006 0.39
 Admission 31 86.10 6 60.00 03.39 .066 0.27
 Matriculation 27 93.10 5 83.30 00.60 .436 0.13

Note: Underrepresented minority (URM) is defined as belonging to one of the following race/ethnicity categories: Black and African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander, Cambodian, Hmong, or Laotian (NSF 2019; Teranishi et al 2013).

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.