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Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2015 Jan 14;31(2):199–205. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12102

Table 3.

Summary Statistics for the 3 Fatalistic Scales

	Midpoint and Possible Range	Cronbach’s Alpha	Summed Score Mean (SD)		Categorized n (%)
Total scale—sum of 8 (Questions 1–8)	16 (0–32)	0.66	14.06 (5.0)	Fatalistic	107 (31.1)
				Not Fatalistic/Unsure	237 (68.9)
Inevitability of cancer—sum of 5 (Questions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)	10 (0–20)	0.67	7.75 (3.6)	Fatalistic	66 (19.2)
				Not Fatalistic/Unsure	278 (80.8)
Lack of control over cancer—sum of 3 (Questions 1, 5, 8)	6 (0–12)	0.65	6.31 (3.0)	Fatalistic	175 (50.9)
				Not Fatalistic/Unsure	169 (49.1)