Readability scores median (IQR)* | Commercial | Organization (.org) | Scientific resources | Private foundation | P † | |
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Flesch-Kincaid reading ease | 48 (41–52) | 49 (42–56) | 53 (47–60) | 49 (40–57) | 0.248 | |
Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 10 (8–11) | 10 (8–11) | 9 (8–10) | 10 (10–12) | 0.132 | |
Gunning-Fog score | 12 (11–13) | 12 (10–13) | 11 (19 − 13) | 13.05 (12–14) | 0.174 | |
Coleman-Liau | 12 (11–13) | 12 (11–13) | 11 (10–12) | 11.87 (11–13) | 0.437 | |
SMOG‡ | 12 (12–13) | 12 (11–13) | 12 (11–13) | 13 (12–14) | 0.151 | |
Automated readability index | 9 (8–11) | 9 (8–10) | 8 (7–9) | 10 (9–11) | 0.161 | |
Dale-Chall Readability | 7 (6–7) | 7 (6–7) | 7 (6–7) | 7 (6–7) | 0.561 | |
Word count | 1020 (748–1577) | 983 (657–1449) | 897 (779–1212) | 1095 (711–1210) | 0.953 | |
Syllables per word | 1.70 (1.70–1.80) | 1.70 (1.60–1.80) | 1.70 (1.60–1.70) | 1.70 (1.60–1.80) | 0.391 | |
Words with more than four syllables | 15 (10–24) | 14 (7–24) | 17 (7–20) | 11 (6–17) | 0.529 | |
Words per sentence | 13 (11–15) | 12 (11–14) | 13 (11–14) | 15 (13–17) | 0.092 | |
Sentence count | 78 (60–117) | 86 (53–130) | 76 (58–116) | 62 (48–90) | 0.842 |