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Table 3 Item Characteristics (n = 645)

From: Advancing the argument for validity of the Alberta Context Tool with healthcare aides in residential long-term care

Survey Concept

No. Items

No. Completed Responses

Mean

Response

Standard Deviation

Reliability

     

Item-total Correlation

(Range)

Cronbach Alpha

Item-total statistics (Alpha after an item deleted)

Leadership

6

638

3.87

0.68

0.565 - 0.700

0.86

0.82 - 0.85

Culture

6

639

3.83

0.56

0.370 - 0.516

0.72

0.66 - 0.71

Evaluation

6

638

3.44

0.64

0.213 - 0.641

0.74

0.66 - 0.78

Social Capital

6

638

4.01

0.51

0.357 - 0.520

0.72

0.66 - 0.71

Informal Interactions

9

635

4.06

1.56

0.260 - 0.554

0.73

0.68 - 0.74

Formal Interactions

4

641

1.32

0.73

0.092 - 0.308

0.37

0.23 - 0.43

Resources

11

637

2.68

1.72

0.126 - 0.469

0.70

0.65 - 0.72

Organizational Slack

       

Staff

3

644

2.27

1.12

0.788 - 0.877

0.92

0.85 - 0.92

Space

3

642

3.14

1.03

0.134 - 0.680

0.64

0.21 - 0.87

Time

4

641

3.08

0.81

0.581 - 0.696

0.83

0.77 - 0.82