The nature of science identity and its role as the driver of student choices

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 5 Multiple regressions of attitudinal factors predicting different out-of-school science experiences controlling for sex and race/ethnicity, along with overall model R² and the largest VIF value in each model

	Choice preferences		Formal science experiences		Informal science experiences
	β	p	β	p	β	p
Science identity	0.22	< .001	0.15	< .001	0.27	< .001
Fascination	0.27	< .001	0.18	< .001	0.11	0.008
Values	0.09	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.09	0.02
Competency beliefs	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.37	0.10	0.008
R² total	0.28		0.13		0.21
Max VIF	1.75		1.74		1.74