Table 2.
Medians, upper and lower quartiles for attitudes to research-related activities, and means ± SD for attitude index scores
| Interesting-boring median (q1, q3) | Attractive-repulsive median(q1, q3) | Easy-difficult median (q1, q3) | Necessary-unnecessary median (q1, q3) | Index1 mean ± SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading research | 2.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 1.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 3.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 1.34±1.3 |
| Encouraging colleagues to read | 1.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 0.0 (–1.0, 2.0) | 3.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 1.04±1.3 |
| Applying research findings | 2.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 2.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 2.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 1.42±1.2 |
| Initiating research | 2.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 2.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 0.0 (–1.0, 2.0) | 2.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 1.29±1.2 |
q1 = Upper quartile; q3 = lower quartile.
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Attitude index: the four research activities were added together.