Table 1. Descriptive statistics for all three projects.
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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 |