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Table 6 Validity Assessment for Relations with Other Variables: Correlation of ACT Concepts with Instrumental Research Utilization (IRU) and Increasing Mean Values of the ACT Concepts by Increasing Levels of IRU

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

ACT Concept

Bivariate correlation

with IRU2

Mean value (and relative % change1) of ACT concepts by level of instrumental research utilization

P-value for

mean diff3

  

1

n = 5

2

n = 11

3

n = 59

4

n = 263

5

n = 332

Total†

 

Leadership

0.111**

4.33

(11.98)

3.70

(-4.47)

3.68

(-4.95)

3.80

(-1.79)

3.96

(2.26)

3.87

0.005

Culture

0.154**

3.90

(1.74)

3.58

(-6.72)

3.59

(-6.37)

3.80

(-0.86)

3.91

(1.99)

3.83

0.000

Evaluation

0.119**

3.23

(-6.11)

3.02

(-12.45)

3.30

(-4.23)

3.43

(-0.35)

3.50

(1.55)

3.44

0.030

Social Capital

0.174**

3.97

(-1.16)

3.79

(-5.61)

3.82

(-4.76)

3.96

(-1.34)

4.10

(2.13)

4.01

0.000

Informal Interactions

0.167**

3.10

(-23.57)

3.82

(-5.86)

3.40

(-16.09)

3.95

(-2.73)

4.28

(5.60)

4.06

0.001

Formal Interactions

0.124**

0.50

(-62.09)

0.91

(-31.08)

1.24

(-6.20)

1.28

(-2.61)

1.38

(4.98)

1.32

0.015

Structural/Electronic

Resources4

0.141**

1.70

(-36.64)

2.27

(-15.29)

1.97

(-26.40)

2.67

(-0.58)

2.85

(6.40)

2.68

0.002

Organizational Slack -

Staff

0.061

2.20

(-2.89)

2.00

(-11.72)

2.15

(-5.24)

2.22

(-1.87)

2.33

(2.86)

2.27

0.610

Organizational Slack -

Space5

0.067

2.93

(-6.49)

2.91

(-7.27)

2.99

(-4.55)

3.11

(-0.81)

3.19

(1.83)

3.14

0.562

Organizational Slack - Time

0.199**

2.95

(-4.16)

2.86

(-6.96)

2.69

(-12.45)

2.97

(-3.46)

3.24

(5.23)

3.08

0.000

  1. †Total = overall mean of the row concept
  2. 1 = % of difference with respect to the total sample average
  3. 2 = Pearson's correlation coefficients
  4. 3 = P-value for one-way ANOVA using 5 IRU values
  5. 4 = Score derived based on 7 items (excluding the 4 items representing electronic recourses that showed misfit in Model 1)
  6. 5 = Score derived based on 2 items (excluding the 1 item on space for resident care that showed misfit in Model 1)
  7. * = Significance at 0.05 level
  8. ** = Significance at 0.01 level.