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. 2014 Apr 1;9(4):e90375. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090375

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for all three projects.

Stardust @home CWOP BOINC
Construct Item Range Mean STD Mean STD Mean STD
Collective Motives Col1 [1..7] 6.43 0.87 6.09 0.93 6.21 1.09
Col2 [1..7] 6.45 0.76 6.13 0.85 6.30 1.02
Norm-Oriented Motives Nov1 [1..7] 4.78 1.34 5.10 1.20 4.20 1.41
Nov2 [1..7] 4.87 1.11 4.76 1.15 4.08 1.35
Nov3 [1..7] 4.75 1.32 4.65 1.14 3.87 1.43
Reputation Rep1 [1..7] 3.62 1.47 4.11 1.48 2.68 1.62
Rep2 [1..7] 3.64 1.56 3.73 1.44 2.97 1.72
Rep3 [1..7] 4.20 1.57 4.47 1.37 3.38 1.76
Intrinsic Motives Int1 [1..7] 6.00 0.84 5.76 1.06 5.18 1.42
Int2 [1..7] 6.38 0.62 6.05 0.84 5.89 1.13
Age Age1 46.32 15.26 52.30 15.56 42.56 14.09
Gender Gen1 0/1 0.78 0.42 0.97 0.17 0.94 0.24
Expertise Exp1 [1..7] 5.36 1.11 5.87 0.98 5.56 1.23
Quantity of Contributions Qnt1 [1..7] 5.33 1.34 4.77 1.24 4.48 1.61
Qnt2 [1..7] 5.42 1.35 4.63 1.23 4.82 1.61
Quality of Contributions Qual1 [0..1] 0.67 0.30