Table 1 Descriptive statistics for co-curricular motivation survey
From: Co-curricular engagement among engineering undergrads: do they have the time and motivation?
| Â | By co-curricular group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes, has participated in co-curricular activities | No, never participated in co-curricular activities | |||||
| Â | N | N | % | N | % | |
Demographics | ||||||
Race | White (1) | 55 | 46 | 83.64 | 9 | 16.36 |
non-White (0) | 17 | 9 | 52.64 | 8 | 47.06 | |
Gender | Male (1) | 51 | 39 | 76.47 | 12 | 23.53 |
Female (0) | 23 | 18 | 78.26 | 5 | 21.74 | |
Transfer status | Yes (1) | 9 | 5 | 55.56 | 4 | 44.44 |
No (0) | 65 | 52 | 80.00 | 13 | 20.00 | |
Pre-college cocurricular | Yes (1) | 47 | 38 | 80.85 | 9 | 19.15 |
No (0) | 27 | 19 | 70.37 | 8 | 29.63 | |
Academic standing | First-year (1) | 26 | 16 | 61.54 | 10 | 38.46 |
Sophomore (2) | 9 | 6 | 66.67 | 3 | 33.33 | |
Junior (3) | 18 | 17 | 94.44 | 1 | 5.56 | |
Senior (4) | 21 | 18 | 85.71 | 3 | 14.29 | |
Motivation Survey | N | Mean (S.D.) | N | Mean (S.D.) | N | Mean (S.D.) |
Intrinsic interest | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | − 0.04 (0.96) | 17 | 0.14 (1.15) |
Attainment | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | 0.02 (1.04) | 17 | − 0.08 (0.89) |
Utility | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | − 0.08 (1.01) | 17 | 0.28 (0.94) |
Task effort Cost | 73 | 0.00 (1.00) | 56 | − 0.14 (0.93) | 17 | 0.46 (1.11) |
Outside effort Cost | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | − 0.20 (0.97) | 17 | 0.67 (0.83) |
Loss of alternatives | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | − 0.15 (0.98) | 17 | 0.50 (0.91) |
Emotion cost | 74 | 0.00 (1.00) | 57 | − 0.07 (0.94) | 17 | 0.22 (1.19) |