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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 12 Independent-samples test

From: Examining the differences between the motivations of traditional and entrepreneurial scientists

Independent-samples test

 

Levene’s test for equality of variances

t test for equality of means

F

Sig.

t

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean difference

Std. error difference

95 % confidence interval of the difference

Lower

Upper

Research experience at a higher education institution

Equal variances assumed

.000

.985

−.016

314

.988

−.03621

2.31726

−4.59554

4.52312

Equal variances not assumed

  

−.015

32.172

.988

−.03621

2.37047

−4.86369

4.79127

Research experience at a company

Equal variances assumed

3.524

.061

−2.906

320

.004

−2.42156

.83326

−4.06091

−.78221

Equal variances not assumed

  

−2.383

31.505

.023

−2.42156

1.01606

−4.49247

−.35065

Managerial experience at a company

Equal variances assumed

2.671

.103

−2.076

319

.039

−1.64939

.79448

−3.21246

−.08631

Equal variances not assumed

  

−1.723

31.623

.095

−1.64939

.95739

−3.60044

.30166

  1. Source: authors’ compilation