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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 RD values and personal innovation

From: Women, innovation, and literature

Quartile

Innovation score

Mean RD value

Q1 (n = 29)

-0.733 ± 0.181

0.085 ± 0.817

Q2 (n = 29)

-0.298 ± 0.117

0.346 ± 0.618

Q3 (n = 29)

0.030 ± 0.146

0.277 ± 0.723

Q4 (n = 29)

1.017 ± 0.619**

0.550 ± 0.527*

  1. *p < 0.02 vs. Q1; **p < 0.01 vs. Q1. Self reports of individually initiated innovation projects by a cohort of 116 women were scored for innovation merit by a panel of female professionals from five disciplines (anthropology, scientific research (evolutionary biology), research technician, marketing executive, education professional). The cohort was divided into quartiles based on innovation z score.