Table 3.

Correlation of Produce Desirability (ProDes) Tool Scores with NEMS-S Scores. Condensed Pearson correlation matrix for Total ProDes scores and NEMS-S total scores and individual scores of availability, price, and quality.

		Total ProDes Scores by NEMS-S Acceptability Score per Produce Itema	Total ProDes Scores by NEMS-S Scores per Grocery Store
			Total ProDes Scores by NEMS-S Total Scores	Total ProDes Scores by NEMS-S Availability	Total ProDes Scores by NEMS-S Price	Total ProDes Scores NEMS-S Quality
All Produce	r	0.115	−0.019	0.012	−0.136	0.095
	p-value	0.365	0.880	0.926	0.285	0.457
	N	64	64	64	64	64
Apple	r	0.135	0.148	0.226	−0.159	0.176
	p-value	0.309	0.265	0.085	0.230	0.182
	N	59	59	59	59	59
Banana	r	0.035	−0.163	−0.188	−0.128	0.100
	p-value	0.806	0.243	0.179	0.360	0.478
	N	53	53	53	53	53
Broccoli	r	0.348	0.220	0.111	0.023	0.455
	p-value	0.018*	0.142	0.464	0.882	0.002**
	N	46	46	46	46	46
Carrots	r	0.034	−0.092	−0.020	−0.272	0.096
	p-value	0.798	0.484	0.877	0.035*	0.467
	N	60	60	60	60	60
Grapes	r	−0.126	−0.110	−0.072	−0.048	−0.123
	p-value	0.372	0.438	0.611	0.738	0.387
	N	52	52	52	52	52
Green Peppers	r	0.144	−0.095	−0.140	0.002	0.050
	p-value	0.262	0.461	0.274	0.987	0.698
	N	63	63	63	63	63
Lettuce	r	0.058	−0.124	0.009	−0.392	0.062
	p-value	0.656	0.338	0.943	0.002**	0.635
	N	62	62	62	62	62
Orange	r	−0.070	0.188	0.289	0.110	−0.311
	p-value	0.600	0.158	0.028*	0.412	0.017*
	N	58	58	58	58	58
Tomato	r	0.307	0.128	−0.056	0.188	0.390
	p-value	0.016*	0.324	0.670	0.147	0.002**
	N	61	61	61	61	61

Note: FV, fruit and vegetable;

^*p< 0.05,

^**p< 0.01,

^***p< 0.001

^aEach produce item was ranked as 1 if “acceptable” and 0 if “not acceptable” on the NEMS-S assessment