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Fig. 5

From: Languages for different health information readers: multitrait-multimethod content analysis of Cochrane systematic reviews textual summary formats

Fig. 5

Summary variables of language style of Cochrane Scientific abstracts (SA) (n = 158), Press releases (PR) (n = 162), and English Plain language summaries (PLS) (n = 156) according to LIWC analyser [21]. Results represent standardized scores converted to percentiles. Error bars are 95% confidence intervals. The full analysis of the dataset is available in Additional file 1: Table S4 and S5. Statistically significant differences (one way ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc test): “Analytical thinking” – all groups different, “Authenticity” – PLS vs. SA and PR, “Clout” and “Emotional tone” – PR vs. SA and PLS

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