A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 8 Descriptive statistics of motivational variables by spin-off creation intention
From: Examining the differences between the motivations of traditional and entrepreneurial scientists
Levene’s test for equality of variances | t test for equality of means | |||||||||
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F | Sig. | t | df | Sig. (2-tailed) | Mean difference | Std. error difference | 95 % confidence interval of the difference | |||
Lower | Upper | |||||||||
The commercialization of scientific results through spin-off company plays important role in my scientific field. | Equal variances assumed | 16.901 | .000 | −5.747 | 285 | .000 | −1.42903 | .24864 | −1.91844 | −.93962 |
Equal variances not assumed | −8.297 | 46.085 | .000 | −1.42903 | .17223 | −1.77569 | −1.08237 | |||
It is important for me to commercialize my scientific results through spin-off company | Equal variances assumed | 19.550 | .000 | −6.208 | 300 | .000 | −1.50956 | .24318 | −1.98811 | −1.03101 |
Equal variances not assumed | −10.550 | 59.539 | .000 | −1.50956 | .14309 | −1.79582 | −1.22329 | |||
If I had commercializable research result, I would commercialize it through spin-off company. | Equal variances assumed | 12.678 | .000 | −3.302 | 294 | .001 | −.82423 | .24962 | −1.31549 | −.33297 |
Equal variances not assumed | −5.270 | 51.453 | .000 | −.82423 | .15641 | −1.13816 | −.51030 | |||