Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, and intercorrelations for all variables

Measure	M (SD)		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Baseline Performance	--		1
2. Course Grade	2.77 (0.73)		.61*	1
3. Semester Grade	3.14 (0.65)		.60*	.66*	1
4. Continuation	76.2%		.19*	.28*	.20*	1
5. Confidence (base)	5.74 (0.92)		.18*	.22*	.17*	.12*	1
6. Confidence (final)	5.05 (1.29)		.28*	.54*	.29*	.19*	.43*	1
7. Concern about Background (base)	2.81 (1.56)		−.06	−.13*	−.04	−.07	−.39*	−.30*	1
8. Concern about Background (final)	2.71 (1.62)		−.08	−.29*	−.09	−.12*	−.26*	−.46*	.45*	1

Notes: Baseline performance is a z-scored composite measure (see Footnote 5)

Continuation is a measure reflecting the percentage of students who continued into the second semester of the course

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