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Published in final edited form as: Educ Eval Policy Anal. 2011 Mar 1;33(1):10.3102/0162373710392371. doi: 10.3102/0162373710392371

TABLE 3.

FIML Fixed Parameter Estimates for Two-Level Growth Curve Models of Intention “to Pursue a Science-Related Research Career”

Fixed effects	M1: Null	M2: + Time. Linear	M3: + Time. Quadratic	M4: + Match Status	M5: + Propensity Score	M7: + Research Experience
For intercept
Intercept (β₀₀)	8.09 (.10)^***	8.50 (.09)^***	8.57 (.10)^***	8.87 (.19)^***	8.71 (0.19)^***	8.73 (0.19)^***
Match (β₃₀)				−0.40 (.21)	−0.18 (.22)	−0.21 (0.22)
Propensity					2.37 (0.57)^***	2.25 (0.57)^***
score (β₀₁)
Time.Linear growth slope
Intercept (β₁₀)		−0.31 (.05)^***	−0.57 (.12)^***	−0.39 (.15)^***	−0.39 (0.15)^***	−0.74 (0.18)^***
Time.Linear × Match (β₄₀)				−0.24 (.11)^***	−0.25 (.11)	−0.09 (.12)
Time.Quadratic growth			0.08 (.03)^*	0.07 (.03)^*	0.08 (.03)^*	0.08 (.03)^*
slope (β₂₀)
Research experience (β₅₀)						0.43 (.13)^***

Note. Values outside parentheses are fixed effects, values inside parentheses are standard error; M6: + Scientific Mentorship is not shown because it exhibited a nonsignificant effect on the outcome.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.