Table 4 Mean Barriers to Distance...

Table 4

Mean Barriers to Distance Education as a Function of Work Area

Work Area	Admin.	Org. Change	Tech. Supp.	Soc. Quality	Faculty Comp.	Threat	Legal	Eval.	Access	Student Supp.
Fine Art	2.17	2.93	3.06	2.78	3.39	2.23	2.78	3.10^A	2.73	2.74
Physical Science	2.35^A	2.90	2.88	2.67	3.45^A	2.32	2.68	2.76	2.56	2.74
Behavioral Science	2.22	2.94	2.90	2.75	3.32	2.41	2.61	2.75	2.62	2.72^A
Humanities	2.09	2.75	2.84	2.53	3.42^AA	2.26	2.45	2.65	2.51	2.67
Health Sciences	2.17	2.80	2.91	2.58	3.43^AA	2.27	2.41	2.49^BB	2.47	2.50
Engineering	2.03^B	2.79	2.52^BB	2.45^B	2.84^BB	2.12^BB	2.27^B	2.43^BB	2.24^B	2.31^BB
Education	2.32^AA	2.92	2.90	2.58	3.28	2.37	2.48	2.68	2.63^A	2.63
Business	1.97^BB	2.80	2.80	2.58	2.70^BB	2.23	2.15^BB	2.54^B	2.47	2.23^BB
Other	2.19	2.83	2.75B	2.58	3.16	2.44^AA	2.43	2.57	2.45	2.49
Overall	2.17	2.85	2.84	2.61	3.22	2.30	2.47	2.66	2.52	2.56

Work Area	Admin.	Org. Change	Tech. Supp.	Soc. Quality	Faculty Comp.	Threat	Legal	Eval.	Access	Student Supp.
Fine Art	2.17	2.93	3.06	2.78	3.39	2.23	2.78	3.10^A	2.73	2.74
Physical Science	2.35^A	2.90	2.88	2.67	3.45^A	2.32	2.68	2.76	2.56	2.74
Behavioral Science	2.22	2.94	2.90	2.75	3.32	2.41	2.61	2.75	2.62	2.72^A
Humanities	2.09	2.75	2.84	2.53	3.42^AA	2.26	2.45	2.65	2.51	2.67
Health Sciences	2.17	2.80	2.91	2.58	3.43^AA	2.27	2.41	2.49^BB	2.47	2.50
Engineering	2.03^B	2.79	2.52^BB	2.45^B	2.84^BB	2.12^BB	2.27^B	2.43^BB	2.24^B	2.31^BB
Education	2.32^AA	2.92	2.90	2.58	3.28	2.37	2.48	2.68	2.63^A	2.63
Business	1.97^BB	2.80	2.80	2.58	2.70^BB	2.23	2.15^BB	2.54^B	2.47	2.23^BB
Other	2.19	2.83	2.75B	2.58	3.16	2.44^AA	2.43	2.57	2.45	2.49
Overall	2.17	2.85	2.84	2.61	3.22	2.30	2.47	2.66	2.52	2.56

Notes: Overall Mean is in Bold

= Significantly above average, p < .05

= Significantly below average p < .05

=Significantly above average p < .005.

=Significantly below average, p < .005

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