Comparative statistical analysis of the safety management approach and academic field impact on experimenter awareness and behavior

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify how management approach and academic fields among researchers in university laboratories in Japan and the US affect awareness/behavior and unobserved statistical variables (latent in technical terms). Survey data was collected regarding the awareness and behavior of science-major-researchers in the US (Sci-US) and bioscience-majorresearchers universities in Japan (Bio-JP) conducting experiments in a university laboratory environment. In addition to a quantitative analysis, a statistical analysis of the data using predictive analytical tools was also conducted. As for Sci-US, it was revealed that Internet, training sessions/lectures and Environment, Health, and Safety Office (EHS Office) were mainly used for information sources on safety. Explorer Factor Analysis (EFA) extracted two factors: Systems of laboratory safety and Active personal The answer distribution of the question on glasses showed a significantly higher usage ratio; this presumably means that EHS education has penetrated American university respondents as aggressive self-protective action. As for Bio-JP, 90% of respondents utilized Professors/staff in your and Senior-year students as information sources. EFA extracted Rules on laboratory safety and Systems of laboratory safety as latent factors. Distribution of the answers on glasses showed a significantly lower usage rate. The possible reason for this trend seems to be culture-specific customs in this academic field. How backgrounds such a management approach and academic field among researchers in university laboratories affected awareness/behavior and latent factors were analyzed; furthermore, it was analyzed how multiple backgrounds affected actual behavior. The answers concerning eye-protection usage was chosen, which showed distinct differences between the two background groups. This result showed some respondents were influenced by the culture of Sci-US, and others by that of Bio-JP. Since a person who belongs to a group has several backgrounds, behavioral features of a group cannot be explained simply by the feature of any single background. Language: ja