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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: SciComm Optimizer for Policy Engagement: a randomized controlled trial of the SCOPE model on state legislators’ research use in public discourse

 

Control

Intervention

N valid

998

2975

Party

Republican

545 (54.6%)

1576 (53.0%)

Democrat

448 (44.9%)

1376 (46.2%)

Other

5 (0.5%)

23 (0.8%)

Chamber

House

595 (59.6%)

1797 (60.4%)

Senate

329 (33.0%)

964 (32.4%)

Other

74 (7.4%)

214 (7.2%)

Gender

Female

341 (34.2%)

988 (33.2%)

Male

657 (65.8%)

1987 (66.8%)

N terms (M (SD) (N valid))

3.67 (2.88) (979)

3.80 (3.05) (2947)

Squire rank (M (SD))

23.68 (14.72)

24.32 (14.90)

Squire score (M (SD))

0.241 (0.115)

0.238 (0.115)

URE outcomes (M (SD))

 Overall

1.36 (3.73)

1.59 (4.72)

 Problem definition

0.20 (0.96)

0.21 (1.02)

 Problem solution

0.06 (0.32)

0.07 (0.39)

 Knowledge generation

0.08 (0.64)

0.05 (0.29)

 Methods

0.07 (0.59)

0.06 (0.34)

 Type of study

0.01 (0.11)

0.01 (0.09)

 Data/analysis

0.10 (0.58)

0.17 (1.37)

 Conceptual

0.91 (2.49)

1.12 (3.49)