Table 1 Items of the Career-Success Scale (CSS), the item values, factor loadings, communalities and the item-total correlations
From: Career-Success Scale – A new instrument to assess young physicians' academic career steps
Item | Content | Item value | Factor loading | Communality | Item-total correlation rit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lectures/Talks at conferences | none = 0 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
1 to 3 = 1 | |||||
4 to 50 = 2 | |||||
2 | Publications | None = 0 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.61 |
1 = 1 | |||||
2 to 3 = 2 | |||||
4 and more = 3 | |||||
3 | Collaboration in research project | no = 0, yes = 1 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.63 |
4 | Months of research as principal activity | no = 0 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.54 |
up to 9 months = 1 | |||||
10 and more months = 2 | |||||
5 | Scholarship awarded | no = 0, yes = 1 | 0.74 | 0.55 | 0.57 |
6 | Competitively awarded third-party funds | no = 0, yes = 1 | 0.76 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
7 | Research awards | no = 0, yes = 1 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.42 |
Career-Success Scale (CSS) | range of sum score = 0 – 11 | Cronbach's alpha | 0.76 |