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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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