TABLE 2.
Position | |||||||||||||||
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Total sample | Tenured | Other | |||||||||||||
Variable | N | M | (SD) | Median | N | M | (SD) | Median | N | M | (SD) | Median | F (df) | p | Cohen's d |
Amount of research shutdown a | 184 | 2.45 | (1.62) | 3 | 97 | 2.42 | (1.61) | 3 | 87 | 2.48 | (1.63) | 3 | 0.06 (1,182) | .802 | 0.04 |
Concerns | |||||||||||||||
Staffing | 186 | 3.73 | (3.15) | 3 | 99 | 4.00 | (3.07) | 5 | 87 | 3.43 | (3.23) | 3 | 1.54 (1,184) | .215 | 0.18 |
Budget | 186 | 3.73 | (2.97) | 3 | 99 | 3.84 | (2.95) | 4 | 87 | 3.60 | (3.01) | 3 | 0.30 (1,184) | .583 | 0.08 |
Data collection | 187 | 6.22 | (2.99) | 6 | 99 | 5.92 | (2.92) | 6 | 88 | 6.57 | (2.94) | 7 | 2.29 (1,185) | .132 | 0.22 |
Recruitment | 186 | 6.15 | (3.17) | 7 | 99 | 6.17 | (2.96) | 7 | 87 | 6.13 | (3.40) | 7 | 0.01 (1,184) | .923 | 0.01 |
Institutional approval | 185 | 2.87 | (2.95) | 2 | 99 | 2.57 | (2.72) | 2 | 86 | 3.22 | (3.17) | 2 | 2.29 (1,183) | .132 | 0.22 |
Supply procurement | 184 | 2.49 | (2.82) | 2 | 99 | 2.27 | (2.66) | 1 | 85 | 2.75 | (2.99) | 2 | 1.33 (1,182) | .251 | 0.17 |
Future funding | 182 | 6.48 | (2.85) | 7 | 96 | 6.08 | (2.87) | 7 | 86 | 6.92 | (2.77) | 8 | 3.97 (1,180) | .048 | 0.30 |
Impact on career | 157 | 4.92 | (3.42) | 5 | 76 | 3.08 | (2.75) | 2 | 81 | 6.65 | (3.08) | 8 | 58.6 (1,155) | <.001 | 1.20 |
Stress level | 183 | 6.70 | (2.22) | 7 | 96 | 6.19 | (2.34) | 6 | 87 | 7.26 | (1.93) | 7 | 11.38 (1,181) | .001 | 0.50 |
Note: Aside from the item asking “Amount of research shutdown” (see below), all other items were rated on a 10‐point scale from 0 (no concern/no stress) to 10 (extreme concern/extreme stress).
Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
The “Amount of research shutdown” item was coded on a 6‐point scale as follows: 1 = 0% of research shutdown; 2 = up to 20% of research shutdown; 3 = up to 40% of research shutdown; 4 = up to 60% of research shutdown; 5 = up to 80% of research shut down; 6 = up to 100% of research shutdown.