Table 1.

Frequency Distribution of Scores, Percentile Ranks, Descriptive Statistics, and Reliability Coefficients for the Jefferson Scale of Physician Lifelong Learning

Score	Frequency		Percentile Rank
<30	1		<1
31 to 40	1		<1
41 to 43	8		2
44 to 46	8		4
47 to 49	20		8
50 to 52	35		16
53 to 55	48		27
56 to 58	50		38
59 to 61	49		49
62 to 64	57		62
65 to 67	49		73
68 to 70	46		84
71 to 73	45		94
74 to 76	27		100
Descriptive Statistics
Median (50th percentile)		62.00
Standard deviation		8.60
25th percentile		55.00
75th percentile		68.00
Possible range		19 to 76
Actual range		19 to 76
Coefficient α reliability		0.89
Test-retest reliability*		0.91

^*Thetest-retest reliability coefficient was calculated for 71 physicians who completed the scale for a second time within approximately a 3-month interval between testing