Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and standardized factor loadings from the EFA and CFA models for 28 SORC items and 7 latent factors.
| n | M (SD) | EFA loading |
CFA loading |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional Regulatory Quality | ||||
| 1c. How respectful to researchers are the regulatory committees or boards that review the type of research you do (e.g. IRB, IACUC, etc.)? |
995 | 3.90 (.87) |
.83 | .82 |
| 1e. How well do the regulatory committees or boards that review your research (e.g. IRB, IACUC, etc.) understand the kind of research you do? |
1000 | 3.55 (.96) |
.76 | .69 |
| 1j. How fair to researchers are the regulatory committees or boards that review the type of research you do (e.g. IRB, IACUC, etc.)? |
976 | 3.89 (.82) |
.85 | .87 |
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| Institutional RCR Resources | ||||
| 1d. How effectively do the available educational opportunities at your university teach about responsible research practices (e.g. lectures, seminars, web-based courses, etc.)? |
1021 | 3.74 (.92) |
.71 | .72 |
| 1f. How accessible are individuals with appropriate expertise that you could ask for advice if you had a question about research ethics? |
1001 | 3.93 (.94) |
.75 | .76 |
| 1g. How accessible are your university’s policies / guidelines that relate to responsible research practices? |
1025 | 4.05 (.85) |
.80 | .76 |
| 1h. How committed are the senior administrators at your university (e.g. deans, chancellors, vice presidents, etc.) to supporting responsible research? |
968 | 4.07 (.93) |
.72 | .72 |
| 1i. How effectively do the senior administrators at your university (e.g. deans, chancellors, vice presidents, etc.) communicate high expectations for research integrity? |
987 | 3.74 (1.06) |
.69 | .74 |
| 1k. How confident are you that if you needed to report a case of suspected research misconduct, you would know where to turn to determine what procedures to follow? |
1015 | 3.86 (1.05) |
.73 | .71 |
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| Departmental / Program Integrity Norms | ||||
| 2g. How consistently do people in your department obtain permission or give due credit when using another’s words or ideas? |
847 | 3.83 (.91) |
.71 | .70 |
| 2o. How consistently do research practices in your department follow established institutional policies? |
979 | 4.15 (.76) |
.78 | .77 |
| 2p. How valued is honesty in proposing, performing, and reporting research in your department? |
995 | 4.19 (.86) |
.84 | .80 |
| 2s. How committed are people in your department to maintaining data integrity and data confidentiality? |
957 | 4.12 (.79) |
.79 | .75 |
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| Departmental / Program Integrity Socialization | ||||
| 2h. How committed are advisors in your department to talking with advisees about key principles of research integrity? |
916 | 3.66 (1.00) |
.79 | .75 |
| 2j. How effectively are junior researchers socialized about responsible research practices? |
939 | 3.49 (1.01) |
.80 | .80 |
| 2k. How consistently do administrators in your department (e.g., chairs, program heads) communicate high expectations for research integrity? |
1006 | 3.50 (1.19) |
.81 | .80 |
| 2m. How consistently do advisors/supervisors communicate to their advisees/supervisees clear performance expectations related to intellectual credit? |
900 | 3.39 (1.02) |
.76 | .72 |
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| Departmental / Program Integrity Inhibitors – Reverse Coded | ||||
| 2d. How difficult is it to conduct research in a responsible manner because of insufficient access to human resources such as statistical expertise, administrative or technical staff? |
986 | 3.75 (1.14) |
.62 | .55 |
| 2f. How guarded are people in their communications with each other out of concern that someone else will "steal" their ideas. |
970 | 3.75 (1.10) |
.48 | .64 |
| 2i. How difficult is it to conduct research in a responsible manner because of insufficient access to material resources such as space, equipment, or technology? |
1018 | 3.84 (1.10) |
.54 | .53 |
| 2l. How true is it that pressure to publish has a negative effect on the integrity of research in your department? |
923 | 4.14 (1.12) |
.66 | .74 |
| 2r. How true is it that pressure to obtain external funding has a negative effect on the integrity of research in your department? |
923 | 4.09 (1.16) |
.73 | .75 |
| 2t. How true is it that people in your department are more competitive with one another than they are cooperative? |
999 | 4.01 (1.12) |
.66 | .72 |
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| Departmental / Program Advisor-Advisee Relations | ||||
| 2n. How fairly do advisors/supervisors treat advisees/supervisees? |
961 | 3.73 (.81) |
.87 | .85 |
| 2q. How respectfully do advisors/supervisors treat advisees/supervisees? |
981 | 3.86 (.83) |
.90 | .88 |
| 2u. How available are advisors/supervisors to their advisees/supervisees? |
975 | 3.76 (.82) |
.69 | .71 |
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| Departmental / Program Expectations | ||||
| 2c. How fair are your departments expectations of researchers for obtaining external funding? |
984 | 3.53 (.98) |
.80 | .79 |
| 2e. How fair are your departments expectations with respect to publishing? |
1019 | 3.75 (.87) |
.88 | .85 |
Note: All standardized factor loadings are significant at p<.001. Bold denotes factor loadings ≥ .60, bold and underlined denotes factor loadings ≥ .85