Table 2.
Mean readability a for all sites, top 10 hits, and by URL extension (.com vs. other); p-values for t-tests also included
Readability test | Mean | Standard deviation | Top 10 | .com | Other | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FKGL | 9.80 | 2.84 | 8.86 | 10.53 | 9.43 | 0.034 |
GFI | 9.77 | 3.90 | 9.22 | 10.35 | 9.47 | 0.144 |
CLI | 11.39 | 3.91 | 11.09 | 11.95 | 11.11 | 0.154 |
SMOG | 11.00 | 2.65 | 10.64 | 11.29 | 10.85 | 0.213 |
FRE | 42.66 | 18.41 | 48.81 | 37.05 | 45.55 | 0.014 |
a FRE, Flesch Reading Ease; FKGL, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level; GFI, Gunning Fog Index; CLI, Coleman-Liau Index; SMOG, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook