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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res High Educ. 2023 Jun 10;65(1):181–207. doi: 10.1007/s11162-023-09745-8
Independent Variables
b SE β
Constant 23.85 1.40
BUILD Scholar (ref.: control group) 1.29 0.43 0.05*
Pre-test: Science Identity 0.41 0.02 0.45*
Race: Black 0.53 0.55 0.04
Race: Asian 1.54 0.52 0.15*
Race: Native American −3.65 1.74 −0.20
Race: Multiracial 0.37 0.52 0.03
Race: Latino 0.89 0.59 0.07
Race: Other 0.55 1.00 0.03
Race: Unknown −0.68 2.38 −0.04
Race: White 0.44 0.49 0.04
Gender: Women (ref.: men) −0.48 0.28 −0.03
First-Generation Student (y/n) 0.07 0.31 0.01
Site: A (ref.: site D) 0.49 0.50 0.02
Site: B (ref.: site D) −0.25 0.33 −0.02
Site: C (ref.: site D) 0.73 0.49 0.04
Cohort 2 (ref.: cohort 1) −0.55 0.38 −0.03
Cohort 3 (ref.: cohort 1) 0.33 0.44 0.02
Cohort 4 (ref.: cohort 1) −1.18 0.32 −0.08*
Major: Natural sciences (ref.: non-science major) 2.75 0.43 0.15*
Major: Social sciences (ref.: non-science major) 1.56 0.59 0.06*
Financial concerns −0.23 0.20 −0.02
Pell Recipient (ref.: did not receive Pell grant) 0.19 0.23 −0.02
Biomedical science research career: Definitely no (ref.: Uncertain) −0.44 0.50 −0.02
Biomedical science research career: Probably no (ref.: Uncertain) −0.77 0.43 −0.04
Biomedical science research career: Probably yes (ref.: Uncertain) 0.34 0.38 0.02
Biomedical science research career: Definitely yes (ref.: Uncertain) 0.65 0.39 0.04
High school GPA 0.21 0.11 0.04
Science self-efficacy from TFS 0.06 0.01 0.08*
Aspiration: Master’s degree (ref: bachelor’s degree aspiration) 0.11 0.42 0.01
Aspiration: Medical doctorate (ref: bachelor’s degree aspiration) 1.97 0.45 0.12*
Aspiration: Ph.D. or other Professional Doctorate (ref: bachelor’s degree aspiration) 1.45 0.44 0.09*
Aspiration: Missing (ref: bachelor’s degree aspiration) 0.67 1.27 0.01
Summer training for mentors and mentees (y/n) 0.69 0.40 0.03
Conducted hands-on research (y/n) 0.80 0.34 0.04
Conducted hands-on research (missing) 1.23 0.57 0.04
Had at least one mentor during first year (y/n) 1.55 0.28 0.10*
Had a least one mentor during first year (missing) −0.34 0.62 −0.01*
*

indicates p < 0.01