Table 3: Factors related to career preparation activities.

β t p Confidence Interval
(Constant)   2.559 0.011 0.197 1.52
Professional Nursing Value -0.084 -1.184 0.238 -0.241 0.06
Career Search Efficacy 0.274 3.514 0.001 0.143 0.507
Satisfaction with Nursing Major 0.266 3.248 0.001 0.134 0.548
Reason for studying nursing Recommendation from others -0.01 -0.154 0.878 -0.146 0.125
Based on SAT score -0.067 -1.042 0.299 -0.426 0.131
F=10.988 p<0.001, R2=0.212, Durbin-Watson=1.997

Note 1. †Reason for studying nursing was compared with “consistent with aptitude.”
Note 2. SAT: scholastic ability test.
The Durbin-Watson test result of 1.997 indicated no autocorrelation