Table 3.

Distribution of responses to the “self-directed learning skills scale.”

Item No	Always		Generally		Sometimes		Rarely		Never		$\overline{X}$
	f	%	f	%	f	%	f	%	f	%
1	819	31.5	1,451	55.8	311	12	19	0.7	0	0	4.18
2	957	31.5	1,215	46.7	398	15.3	30	1.2	0	0	4.19
3	688	26.5	1,231	47.3	611	23.5	63	2.4	7	0.3	3.97
4	1,352	52	1,012	38.9	203	7.8	33	1.3	0	0	4.42
5	1,259	48.4	898	34.5	354	13.6	69	2.7	20	0.8	4.27
6	1,271	48.9	944	36.3	297	11.4	48	1.8	40	1.5	4.29
7	625	24	1,185	45.6	648	24.9	130	5	12	0.5	3.88
8	1,309	50.3	948	36.5	290	11.2	53	2	0	0	4.35
9	348	13.4	866	33.3	1028	39.5	326	12.5	32	1.2	3.45
10	465	17.9	992	38.2	855	32.9	247	9.5	41	1.6	3.61
11	1,006	38.7	1.063	40.9	416	16	103	4	12	0.5	4.13
12	404	15.5	999	38.4	857	33	293	11.3	47	1.8	3.55
13	1,125	43.3	924	35.5	477	18.3	61	2.3	13	0.5	4.19
14	326	12.5	828	31.8	1009	38.8	385	14.8	52	2	3.38
15	1,006	38.7	1,056	40.6	429	16.5	92	3.5	17	0.7	4.13
16	682	26.2	977	37.6	729	28	197	7.6	15	0.6	3.81
17	1,200	46.2	828	31.8	371	14.3	144	5.5	57	2.2	4.14
18	594	22.8	1,189	457	676	26	127	4.9	14	0.5	3.85
19	1,248	48	1,029	39.6	263	10.1	60	2.3	0	0	4.33
20	482	18.5	1,113	42.8	819	31.5	163	6.3	23	0.9	3.72
21	1,056	40.6	1,025	39.4	424	16.3	70	2.7	25	1	4.16

Italic item numbers indicate highest and lowest arithmetic means.