Reference My work has been cited in reports and strategies by end-users Effort Efforts were made to adopt the results of my research by end-users Influence My research results have influenced the choices and decisions of end-users Application My research has been applied by end-users Table 2. Proportion of education respondents at each stage of the research utilisation scale n % No echelon 6 3.9 Transmission 3 1.9 Cognition 16 10.3 Reference 11 7.1 Effort 2 1.3 Influence 1 0.6 Application 117 75.0 156 100.0 Table 3. Internal reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha) for variables Education – research Number Number Cronbach of cases of items alpha Name of variable in a scale RU Index 156 6 0.77 Researchers’ Context Research targeted to user 156 4 0.60 Importance of academic funding 156 2 0.34 Importance of other funding 156 5 0.78 Benefits of collaborative research 156 10 0.85 Barriers academics experience in the transfer & uptake of 156 5 0.74 their research Consequences of investing in research partnerships 156 10 0.85 Problems relating to the orientation of research 156 5 0.81 partnerships User’s Context prioritise high quality research 156 7 0.72 End-users prioritise the useability of the research 156 4 0.72 End-users prioritise the feasibility of the research 156 3 0.68 Policy-makers have found my policy focussed research to 156 3 0.97 be relevant Barriers policy-makers experience in transfer & uptake of 156 2 0.95 research Dissemination
Reference My work has been cited in reports and strategies by end-users Effort Efforts were made to adopt the results of my research by end-users Influence My research results have influenced the choices and decisions of end-users Application My research has been applied by end-users Table 2. Proportion of education respondents at each stage of the research utilisation scale n % No echelon 6 3.9 Transmission 3 1.9 Cognition 16 10.3 Reference 11 7.1 Effort 2 1.3 Influence 1 0.6 Application 117 75.0 156 100.0 Table 3. Internal reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha) for variables – Education research Name of variable Number of cases Number of items in a scale Cronbach alpha RU Index 156 6 0.77 Researchers’ Context Research targeted to user 156 4 0.60 Importance of academic funding 156 2 0.34 Importance of other funding 156 5 0.78 Benefits of collaborative research 156 10 0.85 Barriers academics experience in the transfer & uptake of their research 156 5 0.74 Consequences of investing in research partnerships 156 10 0.85 Problems relating to the orientation of research partnerships 156 5 0.81 User’s Context prioritise high quality research 156 7 0.72 End-users prioritise the useability of the research 156 4 0.72 End-users prioritise the feasibility of the research 156 3 0.68 Policy-makers have found my policy focussed research to be relevant 156 3 0.97 Barriers policy-makers experience in transfer & uptake of research 156 2 0.95 Dissemination
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