International Journal of STEM Education

Table 3 Descriptive statistics and gender/sex differences for all measures

From: Whose ability and growth matter? Gender, mindset and performance in physics

	Men			Women			Gender/sex contrast
Variable	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	t	d
My growth
Pre	307	3.62	0.48	190	3.59	0.46	0.57	0.05
Post	161	3.48	0.54	84	3.12	0.58	4.76^***	0.64
My ability
Pre	307	3.49	0.46	190	3.32	0.46	3.99^***	0.37
Post	161	3.28	0.62	84	2.98	0.59	3.69^***	0.50
Others’ growth
Pre	307	3.50	0.49	190	3.48	0.49	0.47	0.04
Post	161	3.45	0.54	84	3.17	0.44	3.93^***	0.53
Others’ ability
Pre	307	3.16	0.55	190	3.15	0.53	0.13	0.01
Post	161	3.08	0.61	84	2.91	0.49	2.24^*	0.30
SAT Math	342	712	60	203	695	64	3.12^**	0.28
HS GPA	342	4.09	0.42	203	4.25	0.35	-4.45^***	-0.39
Course Grade	342	2.76	0.98	203	2.49	0.90	3.07^**	0.27

Mean and standard deviation (SD) by gender/sex of each mindset factor at pre and post, along with SAT Math, HS GPA, and Physics 1 grade, and Cohen’s d and t-test of gender/sex differences. Positive values of d and t indicate that men have a higher score
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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