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Table 3 p-values from two non-parametric tests of the differences in specialization between interdisciplinary researchers and non-interdisciplinary researchers. M-W corresponds to the Mann-Whitney U test, while K-S corresponds to the two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. No significant differences are found between the two groups at any conventional p-value threshold. Analysis conducted for the sample of 29,208 researchers with at least 100 publications

From: Scientific rewards for biomedical specialization are large and persistent

 

M-W test

K-S test

 

All years (p-values)

Min. specialization

0.97

0.78

Ave. specialization

0.60

0.47

 

> 10 years (p-values)

Min. specialization

0.24

0.50

Ave. specialization

0.17

0.15