Table 3.
Summary of faculty characteristics (n = 708)
| Faculty characteristic | Dentistry (n = 109) |
Medicine (n = 117) |
Nursing (n = 164) |
Pharmacy (n = 139) |
Public Health (n = 179) |
All Disciplines (n = 708) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (Standard Deviation) | ||||||
| Years of professional experience | 27.5 (11.6) | 22.1 (13.0) | 29.2 (12.7) | 14.7 (10.8) | 20.8 (12.4) | 22.8 (13.2) |
| Years as a faculty member | 15.7 (11.6) | 16.5 (12.3) | 15.0 (11.5) | 10.2 (10.0) | 13.6 (11.6) | 13.9 (11.5) |
| Frequency (%) | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 69 (63.3) | 72 (61.5) | 16 (9.8) | 50 (36.0) | 86 (48.0) | 293 (41.4) |
| Female | 40 (36.7) | 45 (38.5) | 148 (90.2) | 89 (64.0) | 93 (52.0) | 415 (58.6) |
| Highest Degree | ||||||
| Clinical/Practice doctorate | 55 (50.5) | 52 (44.5) | 25 (15.2) | 100 (71.9) | 23 (12.9) | 255 (36.0) |
| Research doctorate | 35 (32.1) | 61 (52.1) | 115 (70.1) | 32 (23.0) | 138 (77.1) | 381 (53.8) |
| Master’s prepared | 13 (11.9) | 2 (1.7) | 18 (11.0) | 3 (2.2) | 9 (5.0) | 45 (6.4) |
| Other | 6 (5.50) | 2 (1.7) | 6 (3.7) | 4 (2.9) | 9 (5.0) | 27 (3.8) |
| Number of statistics/biostatistics courses completed | ||||||
| 0 | 16 (14.7) | 17 (14.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (4.3) | 6 (3.4) | 45 (6.4) |
| 1 | 32 (29.4) | 40 (34.2) | 13 (7.9) | 59 (42.5) | 13 (7.3) | 157 (22.2) |
| 2 | 25 (22.9) | 27 (23.1) | 35 (21.4) | 37 (26.6) | 25 (13.9) | 149 (21.0) |
| 3+ | 36 (33.0) | 33 (28.2) | 116 (70.7) | 37 (26.6) | 135 (75.4) | 357 (50.4) |
| Number of epidemiology courses completed | ||||||
| 0 | 49 (45.0) | 72 (61.5) | 72 (43.9) | 91 (65.5) | 60 (33.5) | 344 (48.6) |
| 1 | 34 (31.2) | 31 (26.5) | 57 (34.8) | 30 (21.6) | 28 (15.7) | 180 (25.4) |
| 2 | 13 (11.9) | 6 (5.1) | 23 (14.0) | 8 (5.7) | 26 (14.5) | 76 (10.7) |
| 3+ | 13 (11.9) | 8 (6.9) | 12 (7.3) | 10 (7.2) | 65 (36.3) | 108 (15.3) |
| Teaches statistics/biostatistics | ||||||
| Yes | 12 (11.0) | 17 (14.5) | 27 (16.5) | 19 (13.7) | 54 (30.2) | 129 (18.2) |
| No | 97 (89.0) | 100 (85.5) | 137 (83.5) | 120 (86.3) | 125 (69.8) | 579 (81.8) |
| Rating of importance of statistics in role as a researcher | ||||||
| Very important | 67 (61.5) | 83 (70.9) | 124 (75.6) | 89 (64.0) | 148 (82.7) | 511 (72.2) |
| Somewhat important | 33 (30.3) | 27 (23.1) | 34 (20.7) | 48 (34.5) | 25 (14.0) | 167 (23.6) |
| Not important | 9 (8.2) | 7 (6.0) | 6 (3.7) | 2 (1.5) | 6 (3.3) | 30 (4.2) |
| Reads peer-reviewed health-related scientific journal articles | ||||||
| Yes | 98 (89.9) | 112 (95.7) | 151 (92.1) | 133 (95.7) | 173 (96.7) | 667 (94.2) |
| No | 11 (10.1) | 5 (4.3) | 13 (7.9) | 6 (4.3) | 6 (3.3) | 41 (5.8) |
| Attitude about fundamental statistical concepts | ||||||
| Understands all expressions | 53 (48.6) | 79 (67.5) | 119 (72.6) | 92 (66.2) | 157 (87.7) | 500 (70.6) |
| Understands some expressions | 46 (42.2) | 34 (29.1) | 42 (25.6) | 42 (30.2) | 21 (11.7) | 185 (26.1) |
| Understands little/no expressions | 10 (9.2) | 4 (3.4) | 3 (1.8) | 5 (3.6) | 1 (0.6) | 23 (3.2) |