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. 2019 Jan 18;14(1):e0210599. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210599

Table 4. Overview of effect sizes of significant differences (p < .05).

Subscale SOuRCe Group vs. Group Effect size* Interpretation**
RCR Resources PhD students < Associate & full professors .29 Small
RCR Resources Postdocs & assistant professors < PhD students .19 Small
RCR Resources Postdocs & assistant professors < Associate & full professors .47 Small
Integrity Norms Postdocs & assistant professors < Associate & full professors .22 Small
Integrity Socialization PhD students < Associate & full professors .18 Small
Integrity Socialization Postdocs & assistant professors < Associate & full professors .87 Large
Supervisor-Supervisee Relations PhD students < Associate & full professors .36 Small
Supervisor-Supervisee Relations Postdocs & assistant professors < Associate & full professors .43 Small
Integrity Inhibitors PhD students < Associate & full professors .25 Small
Expectations PhD students < Associate & full professors .27 Small
Expectations Postdocs & assistant professors < Associate & full professors .43 Small
Regulatory Quality Humanities < Biomedical sciences .50 Medium
Regulatory Quality Humanities < Social sciences .42 Small
Expectations Social sciences < Biomedical sciences .29 Small
Expectations Social sciences < Natural sciences .42 Small
Expectations Humanities < Biomedical sciences .39 Small
Expectations Humanities < Natural sciences .55 Medium

* based on Hedges’ G that is calculated as: M1-M2SDpooled)

** An effect size of .20 is small, .50 is medium, .80 is large and 1.30 is very large.