A mixed methods inquiry: How dairy farmers perceive the value(s) of their involvement in an intensive dairy herd health management program

Table 4 The most distinguishing statements (P < 0.05) for each family of farmers' perspectives in decreasing order by idealized factor scores¹, respectively

Family most distinguishing statements	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8
Family 1: Teamwork	39²	32²	14	9²	-	-	-	-
Family 2: Animal welfare	46²	17²	45	3²	14	27	38	26
Family 3: Knowledge dissemination	34²	16²	29²	5²	30	41	38	44
Family 4: Production	44	9²	7²	24	36	29²	17	-

¹ The idealized Q-sorting of a factor may be viewed as how a hypothetical respondent with a 100% loading on that factor would have ranked all the statements on the layout guide
² P < 0.01

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