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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for PEDDS

From: Developing and evaluating an instrument to assess perceptions of an entry-level physician associate doctoral degree

Subscale

Number of items

M (SD)

Skewness

Kurtosis

Cronbach’s alpha

Expected positive impact on the PA profession

11

22.08 (12.20)

−.20

−.90

.96

Expected impact on prerequisites

5

6.53 (3.01)

−.73

−.41

.81

Expected impact on the student preparedness as PA faculty and educators

5

6.98 (3.12)

−.94

−.14

.84

Expected impact on the student preparedness as clinicians

7

5.64 (4.95)

4.11

−1.23

.93

Expected impact on accreditation and certification

3

4.59 (1.87)

−1.17

.26

.82

Expected impact on curriculum

4

24.16 (3.01)

−.69

.59

.63

Expected impact on PA educators

3

9.00 (2.40)

−.72

.34

.67

Expected positive impact on diversity

5

4.05 (3.43)

.82

.02

.82

Expected negative impact on the PA profession

4

8.29 (2.45)

−.61

−.13

.51

Expected impact on the student competency

6

3.53 (2.28)

−.41

−1.31

.86