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Table 3 Comparison of mean scale items

From: Self-efficacy, grit, and rural career aspirations among early career nurses: a repeated cross-sectional study

Scale item

Mean (SD)

Test (df) Statistic

p

NSE-8 (Second year)

24.37 (2.62)

t(109) =-.887

.382

NSE-8 (Fourth year)

24.84 (2.83)

GSE-10 (Second year)

31.22 (4.33)

t(110) =-.813

.436

GSE-10 (Fourth year)

31.87 (3.95)

Grit (Second year)

3.30 (0.41)

t(110) =.336

.738

Grit (Fourth year)

3.27 (0.42)

NCAQ (Second year)

3.53 (0.41)

t(78) =-.341

.734

NCAQ (Fourth year)

3.63 (0.31)