An investigation of continuing education hypotheses about laboratory personnel

The Kendall-Tau test with ties was utilized in testing for both level of significance and direction of relationship in hypotheses on continuing education for working laboratory personnel in the State of Iowa. Findings reported from a response group of 422 active laboratory personnel indicated that: (i) all educational levels of personnel are interested in continuing education; (ii) all laboratory personnel based on year of certification are interested in continuing education; (iii) supervisory personnel have a more marked interest in continuing education than line technologists/technicians; (iv) females are less willing to sacrifice for participation in continuing education than males; and (v) personnel in smaller hospitals have an interest in continuing education that is perhaps less than those in larger hospitals.