TABLE 1.
Demographics of students in the CURE.
| Demographics | % (n) of Students with Response | |
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| Students who analyzed scientists’ data (N=34) | Students who analyzed their own data (N=31) | |
| Gendera | ||
| Woman | 61.8 (21) | 58.1 (18) |
| Man | 35.3 (12) | 38.7 (12) |
| Other | 2.9 (1) | 0.0 (0) |
| Declined to state | 0.0 (0) | 3.2 (1) |
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| Race/ethnicityb | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2.9 (1) | 6.5 (2) |
| Asian | 35.3 (12) | 35.5 (11) |
| Black or African American | 2.9 (1) | 3.2 (1) |
| Latinx | 8.8 (3) | 3.2 (1) |
| Native Hawaiian | 8.8 (3) | 16.1 (5) |
| Pacific Islander | 0.0 (0) | 3.2 (1) |
| White | 35.3 (12) | 25.8 (8) |
| Other | 2.9 (1) | 3.2 (1) |
| Declined to state | 2.9 (1) | 3.2 (1) |
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| Majorc | ||
| Anthropology | 2.9 (1) | 0.0 (0) |
| Biology | 85.3 (29) | 90.3 (28) |
| Environmental studies | 5.9 (2) | 6.5 (2) |
| Kinesiology | 5.9 (2) | 0.0 (0) |
| Declined to state | 0.0 (0) | 3.2 (1) |
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| Year in college | ||
| Junior | 29.4 (10) | 32.3 (10) |
| Senior | 70.6 (24) | 67.7 (21) |
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| Prior research experience | ||
| No | 47.1 (16) | 58.1 (18) |
| Yes | 52.9 (18) | 41.9 (13) |
In all analyses, we only included students who identified as men or women. While we recognize that gender is not binary, there were too few students who identified as a gender other than man or woman to analyze a third category.
In all analyses, we collapsed students who identify as Black or African American, Hispanic, Latino/a or of Spanish Origin, Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native into one category, which we call BLPA students. These students share the experience of being underserved by institutions of higher education; we recognize that the experiences of these students are different, but the small sample sizes necessitated that we pool these identities as a single factor in our analyses.
In all analyses, we collapsed students into “biology” or “not biology” majors. We predicted that students’ self-efficacy or science identity in a biology course may be affected by whether they were biology majors or not, and it was necessary to pool non-biology majors because of small sample sizes.