Table 7.

Frequency of reported communication activities after a summer undergraduate research opportunity

Communication activity	Follow-up survey responses
An academic paper read by your research mentor	286 (45.5)
A poster on campus	387 (61.6)
A poster at a conference or professional meeting	170 (27.0)
A talk or colloquium on campus	317 (50.0)
A talk or colloquium at a conference or professional meeting	85 (13.5)
A manuscript intended for a professional journal	125 (19.9)
A manuscript intended for a technical report	28 (4.5)
A manuscript intended for a student scientific journal	27 (4.3)
A performance or demonstration	65 (10.3)
A web site or Internet presentation	30 (4.7)

Values in parentheses are percentages of the samples. Percentages do not sum to 100 because some students engaged in more than one activity.