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Table 3 Mean and SD for academic resources and discipline-specific motivational attitudes by course and demographic characteristics

From: Variation in which key motivational and academic resources relate to academic performance disparities across introductory college courses

 

%

High School GPA

(range: 0–5)

SAT Verbal (/100)

(range: 3.5–8)

SAT Math (/100)

(range: 3.6–8)

Discipline-based interest

(range: 1–4.5)

Discipline-based self-efficacy (range: 1–4.1)

Course grade

(range: 0–4)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Chemistry

 Female

61%

4.13

0.37

6.76

0.75

6.57

0.71

2.82

0.63

2.62

0.57

2.84

0.87

 Male

39%

4.02

0.42

6.66

0.79

6.89

0.72

2.98

0.60

2.91

0.49

2.92

0.97

 Underrepresented

11%

4.02

0.41

6.59

0.70

6.41

0.73

2.72

0.66

2.63

0.55

2.49

1.03

 White and or Asian

89%

4.09

0.39

6.73

0.78

6.73

0.72

2.90

0.62

2.75

0.56

2.91

0.89

 First generation

10%

4.06

0.38

6.38

0.82

6.32

0.73

2.89

0.65

2.64

0.54

2.75

0.91

 Non-first gen

90%

4.09

0.40

6.76

0.76

6.74

0.72

2.88

0.62

2.75

0.56

2.88

0.93

Physics

 Female

32%

4.18

0.36

6.91

0.74

6.87

0.67

3.05

0.58

2.67

0.46

2.34

0.96

 Male

68%

4.02

0.47

6.74

0.71

7.02

0.63

3.25

0.48

2.93

0.42

2.47

1.06

 Underrepresented

9%

4.03

0.42

6.72

0.69

6.83

0.61

3.18

0.55

2.80

0.51

2.22

1.07

 White and or Asian

91%

4.07

0.44

6.80

0.73

6.99

0.65

3.19

0.52

2.85

0.44

2.45

1.03

 First generation

8%

3.93

0.56

6.41

0.71

6.63

0.75

3.28

0.54

2.86

0.46

1.94

1.16

 Non-first gen

92%

4.08

0.43

6.83

0.71

7.00

0.63

3.18

0.52

2.85

0.45

2.47

1.01

Psychology

 Female

57%

4.05

0.42

6.61

0.75

6.46

0.73

3.08

0.50

3.09

0.37

3.59

0.63

 Male

43%

3.94

0.53

6.57

0.73

6.76

0.73

2.91

0.50

3.07

0.41

3.46

0.81

 Underrepresented

14%

3.86

0.46

6.45

0.74

6.30

0.69

3.03

0.51

3.09

0.40

3.45

0.69

 White and or Asian

86%

4.03

0.47

6.62

0.74

6.63

0.74

3.01

0.51

3.08

0.39

3.54

0.72

 First generation

10%

3.88

0.53

6.17

0.76

6.28

0.76

3.07

0.57

3.10

0.42

3.35

0.89

 Non-first gen

90%

4.02

0.47

6.64

0.72

6.62

0.74

3.00

0.50

3.08

0.39

3.55

0.69

  1. Note: Group ranges and mean statistics reflect imputed data