Journal of Data and Information Science ›› 2020, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (4): 56-74.doi: 10.2478/jdis-2020-0032
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João M. Santos1,(), Hugo Horta2
Received:
2020-01-09
Revised:
2020-04-24
Accepted:
2020-07-20
Online:
2020-09-20
Published:
2020-11-20
Contact:
João M. Santos
E-mail:joao_marques_santos@iscte-iul.pt
Table 1
Descriptive statistics.
Quantitative Variables | M | SD | |
---|---|---|---|
MDRAI-R dimensions (Dependent variables) | Scientific Ambition | 5.073 | 0.946 |
Divergence | 5.067 | 0.918 | |
Collaboration | 5.189 | 0.826 | |
Mentor Influence | 2.906 | 1.407 | |
TTLF | 4.210 | 1.339 | |
Discovery | 5.505 | 0.922 | |
Academia Driven | 4.031 | 1.040 | |
Society Driven | 4.066 | 1.121 | |
CoRI dimensions | Truth-seeking, research as | 3.872 | 0.982 |
Misconceptions about research | 2.658 | 0.949 | |
Problem-solving, research as | 3.804 | 0.728 | |
Re-research, research as | 3.543 | 0.743 | |
Insightful process, research as | 4.302 | 0.530 | |
Control Variables | Age | 50.751 | 12.034 |
Years Since PhD | 18.129 | 12.533 | |
Qualitative Variables | N | % | |
Gender | |||
Male | 5,691 | 66.52% | |
Female | 2,864 | 33.47% | |
Field of Science (FoS) | |||
Natural & Agricultural Sciences | 2,499 | 29.21% | |
Engineering and Technology | 1,761 | 20.58% | |
Medical and Health Sciences | 1,987 | 23.23% | |
Social Sciences | 2,049 | 23.95% | |
Humanities | 259 | 3.02% | |
Research University (top 500) | |||
Yes | 1,838 | 21.48% | |
No | 6,717 | 78.51% | |
Career internationalization | |||
Yes | 6,423 | 75.08% | |
No | 2,132 | 24.92% |
Table 2
Effects of conceptions of research on research agenda setting.
Ambition | Divergence | Collab | Mentor | TTLF | Discovery | Academia | Society | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Truth | 0.069*** | -0.034*** | -0.008 | 0.021 | -0.025 | 0.048*** | -0.026** | -0.114*** |
(0.011) | (0.011) | (0.010) | (0.017) | (0.016) | (0.011) | (0.012) | (0.013) | |
Misconceptions | 0.056*** | 0.014 | -0.026** | 0.277*** | 0.078*** | -0.040*** | 0.165*** | 0.150*** |
(0.013) | (0.013) | (0.012) | (0.020) | (0.019) | (0.013) | (0.014) | (0.015) | |
Problem-solving | 0.064*** | 0.157*** | 0.127*** | 0.034 | -0.044* | 0.068*** | 0.113*** | 0.310*** |
(0.016) | (0.016) | (0.015) | (0.025) | (0.024) | (0.016) | (0.018) | (0.019) | |
Re-research | 0.104*** | 0.025 | 0.029** | 0.087*** | 0.017 | -0.020 | 0.085*** | 0.030* |
(0.016) | (0.016) | (0.014) | (0.024) | (0.023) | (0.016) | (0.017) | (0.018) | |
Insightful process | 0.258*** | 0.118*** | 0.241*** | -0.127*** | 0.085*** | 0.312*** | -0.030 | -0.060** |
(0.021) | (0.021) | (0.019) | (0.032) | (0.030) | (0.021) | (0.023) | (0.024) | |
Gender (Male) | 0.091*** | -0.010 | 0.030 | 0.034 | 0.237*** | 0.101*** | -0.172*** | -0.121*** |
(0.022) | (0.022) | (0.019) | (0.033) | (0.032) | (0.022) | (0.024) | (0.025) | |
Age | -0.020*** | -0.007*** | -0.002* | -0.006** | 0.022*** | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.016*** |
(0.002) | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
Time since PhD | 0.010*** | -0.002 | 0.004*** | -0.024*** | -0.005** | 0.005*** | -0.016*** | -0.021*** |
(0.002) | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
Research universities (top 500) | 0.046* | 0.020 | 0.009 | 0.031 | -0.053 | 0.054** | -0.134*** | -0.080*** |
(0.026) | (0.026) | (0.023) | (0.039) | (0.037) | (0.026) | (0.028) | (0.030) | |
FOS (Engineering and Technology) | -0.034 | 0.157*** | -0.078*** | 0.021 | 0.046 | 0.129*** | 0.072** | 0.444*** |
(0.028) | (0.029) | (0.025) | (0.043) | (0.041) | (0.029) | (0.031) | (0.032) | |
FOS (Medical and Health sciences) | 0.075*** | 0.082*** | 0.140*** | 0.142*** | -0.120*** | 0.015 | 0.154*** | 0.389*** |
(0.028) | (0.028) | (0.025) | (0.043) | (0.041) | (0.028) | (0.031) | (0.032) | |
FOS (Social sciences) | 0.089*** | -0.061** | -0.010 | -0.002 | 0.488*** | 0.067** | -0.172*** | 0.628*** |
(0.028) | (0.028) | (0.025) | (0.043) | (0.041) | (0.028) | (0.031) | (0.032) | |
FOS (Humanities) | 0.119** | 0.044 | -0.229*** | -0.231** | 0.743*** | 0.245*** | -0.355*** | 0.398*** |
(0.059) | (0.060) | (0.053) | (0.090) | (0.086) | (0.060) | (0.064) | (0.068) | |
Career internationalization | 0.098*** | 0.087*** | 0.017 | -0.136*** | 0.107*** | 0.137*** | 0.003 | -0.074*** |
(0.024) | (0.024) | (0.022) | (0.037) | (0.035) | (0.024) | (0.026) | (0.028) | |
Country controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 8,554 | 8,555 | 8,554 | 7,920 | 8,551 | 8,554 | 8,554 | 8,551 |
R-squared | 0.147 | 0.079 | 0.108 | 0.172 | 0.103 | 0.089 | 0.163 | 0.206 |
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