Table 3 Survey respondents’ experience with interdisciplinary research collaboration.
From: Cultural barriers to interdisciplinary research collaboration: evidence from Australia
Participants | ||
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
“Have you ever worked on a research project with partners who were affiliated with a different discipline than the one you were primarily affiliated with at that time?” | ||
Overall | ||
Yes | 377 | 88 |
No | 53 | 12 |
Science-based respondents | ||
Yes | 213 | 87 |
No | 33 | 13 |
Arts-based respondents | ||
Yes | 164 | 89 |
No | 20 | 11 |
Difference of proportions test of significance between science-based respondents and arts-based respondents | p = 0.518 | |
“Are you currently working on a research project with partners who are affiliated with a different discipline than the one with which you are currently primarily affiliated?” | ||
Overall | ||
Yes | 305 | 71 |
No | 125 | 29 |
Science-based respondents | ||
Yes | 178 | 72 |
No | 68 | 28 |
Arts-based respondents | ||
Yes | 127 | 69 |
No | 57 | 31 |
Difference of proportions test of significance between science-based respondents and arts-based respondents | p = 0.518 | |
“Do you expect to begin working on a new research project with partners from a different discipline?” | ||
Overall | ||
Within the next 1 year | 249 | 58 |
Within the next 2 years | 61 | 14 |
Within the next 3 years | 49 | 11 |
I do not expect this to happen in the next 3 years | 71 | 17 |
Science-based respondents | ||
Within the next 1 year | 152 | 62 |
Within the next 2 years | 31 | 13 |
Within the next 3 years | 19 | 8 |
I do not expect this to happen in the next 3 years | 44 | 18 |
Arts-based respondents | ||
Within the next 1 year | 97 | 53 |
Within the next 2 years | 30 | 16 |
Within the next 3 years | 30 | 16 |
I do not expect this to happen in the next 3 years | 27 | 15 |
Difference of proportions test of significance between science-based respondents and arts-based respondents (“I do not expect this to happen in the next 3 years”) | p = 0.449 | |
