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Table 3 Results of analysis of associations (Kendall's tau-b) between items in the questionnaire1

From: What physicians want to learn about sickness certification: analyses of questionnaire data from 4019 physicians

Item

A2

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

A2

1.00

0.68

0.70

0.50

0.39

0.56

0.45

0.40

0.38

0.30

0.44

0.43

0.43

0.43

B

 

1.00

0.63

0.47

0.35

0.52

0.42

0.39

0.39

0.36

0.42

0.43

0.46

0.45

C

  

1.00

0.53

0.41

0.55

0.46

0.42

0.39

0.32

0.49

0.46

0.46

0.45

D

   

1.00

0.39

0.47

0.44

0.39

0.35

0.33

0.44

0.41

0.41

0.40

E

    

1.00

0.48

0.49

0.44

0.35

0.30

0.44

0.39

0.37

0.33

F

     

1.00

0.57

0.44

0.46

0.38

0.44

0.47

0.48

0.49

G

      

1.00

0.503

0.43

0.38

0.47

0.46

0.45

0.43

H

       

1.00

0.61

0.43

0.60

0.57

0.55

0.50

I

        

1.00

0.56

0.51

0.56

0.55

0.55

J

         

1.00

0.42

0.43

0.44

0.46

K

          

1.00

0.72

0.65

0.59

L

           

1.00

0.80

0.75

M

            

1.00

0.82

N

             

1.00

  1. 1All associations were significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed). Correlations > 0.500 shown in bold type
  2. 2See Table 4 or 2 for the content of the items A to N
  3. 3Rounded up from 0.497
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