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. 2017 Dec 21;19(12):e427. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9082

Table 6.

Results for the robustness of the effects of rewards on online contribution in the 10 major specialty areas.


Specialty and effects

Psychological reward

Material reward
R2

Coefficienta
P
Coefficienta
P

Surgery



.592

Main 0.265 <.001 0.638 <.001

Quadratic –0.022 <.001 –0.048 <.001
Internal medicine



.558

Main 0.299 <.001 0.778 <.001

Quadratic –0.029 <.001 –0.063 <.001
Pediatrics



.594

Main 0.303 <.001 0.632 <.001

Quadratic –0.025 <.001 –0.040 <.001
Traditional Chinese medicine



.576

Main 0.391 <.001 0.806 <.001

Quadratic –0.041 <.001 –0.086 <.001
Orthopedics



.573

Main 0.281 <.001 0.814 <.001

Quadratic –0.019 <.001 –0.083 <.001
Gynecology-obstetrics



.529

Main 0.545 <.001 0.585 <.001

Quadratic –0.084 <.001 –0.026 <.001
Oral health



.548

Main 0.215 <.001 0.883 <.001

Quadratic 0.002 0.500 –0.096 <.001
Ophthalmology



.568

Main 0.355 <.001 0.755 <.001

Quadratic –0.028 <.001 –0.081 <.001
Cancer



.622

Main 0.102 0.045 0.811 <.001

Quadratic 0.020 <.001 –0.069 <.001
Others



.599

Main 0.286 <.001 0.730 <.001

Quadratic –0.011 <.001 –0.062 <.001

aThe standardized regression coefficient related to reward.