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Table 13 Logit marginal effects on the probability of switching out of the natural sciences, engineering and economics

From: What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

 

Specification

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Female

0.189***

0.175***

0.180***

0.188***

 

(0.046)

(0.047)

(0.048)

(0.048)

Black

0.257***

0.121*

0.059

0.024

 

(0.067)

(0.073)

(0.071)

(0.064)

Hispanic

0.130*

0.055

0.059

0.050

 

(0.068)

(0.069)

(0.071)

(0.067)

Asian

-0.100**

-0.082*

-0.048

-0.041

 

(0.048)

(0.049)

(0.052)

(0.051)

SAT Score

 

-0.092***

-0.057**

-0.031

  

(0.027)

(0.027)

(0.027)

Duke Achievement

  

-0.094*

-0.046

   

(0.055)

(0.053)

Duke Curriculum

  

-0.169***

-0.147**

   

(0.057)

(0.058)

Duke Essay

  

-0.066

-0.068

   

(0.045)

(0.044)

Duke Recommendation

  

-0.063

-0.034

   

(0.046)

(0.044)

Duke Personal Qualities

  

0.006

0.008

   

(0.049)

(0.049)

Year 1 Student Effect

   

-0.084***

    

(0.025)

Log likelihood

-238.8

-231.5

-219.4

-212.8

Observations

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  1. Note: See Table 1 for a description of the Duke admission's office variables. Standard errors in parentheses. *, ** and *** indicate that the coefficient is significant at 10%, 5% and 1% respectively. “Year 1 Student Effect” refers to the first period student effect (α i 1 ) from the grades analysis in subsection Class rank adjusted for selection SAT score was normed to N (0,1).