Table 4.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program Student Evaluations.*

Query	STEER	Traditional
Strengthened research skills	4.65 ± 0.61 (112)	4.61 ± 0.72 (152)
Learned new lab skills	4.68 ± 0.61 (114)†	4.44 ± 1.01 (149)†
Made new contacts (networking)	4.49 ± 0.69 (128)‡	4.23 ± 0.83 (148)‡
Increased self-confidence	4.18 ± 0.82 (120)	4.17 ± 0.93 (149)
Better understanding of literature	4.36 ± 0.78 (117)	4.35 ± 0.90 (149)
Learned to work independently	4.27 ± 0.80 (119)	4.33 ± 0.84 (145)
Increased understanding of scientific method	4.46 ± 0.74 (119)	4.42 ± 0.67 (149)
Felt ownership of research project	4.39 ± 0.72 (115)	4.33 ± 0.93 (147)
Level of faculty interaction was appropriate	4.24 ± 0.90 (113)	4.42 ± 0.90 (141)

Abbreviation: STEER, Short-Term Educational Experiences for Research.

*Statistics used independent 2-tailed t test.

^† P = .035.

^‡ P = .0019.