Table II.
Grade level calculator readability of academic pages
| “Search term” or Group | Grade level calculators Average (minimum, maximum) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flesch–Kincaid grade level | Gunning fog score | SMOG index | Coleman Liau index | Automated readability index | |
| “Cutaneous Lymphoma” | 9.11 (5.10, 15.80) | 9.52 (5.30, 17.60) | 7.85 (5.10, 13.90) | 15.68 (11.60, 23.80) | 7.99 (4.00, 16.40) |
| “CTCL” and Subtypes | 9.48 (6.88, 16.52) | 9.83 (6.00, 16.42) | 7.71 (5.72, 12.08) | 16.13 (12.72, 24.32) | 8.22 (5.15, 15.00) |
| “CBCL” and Subtypes | 8.48 (5.63, 13.38) | 9.44 (5.63, 15.70) | 7.46 (5.63, 11.60) | 15.30 (11.70, 20.40) | 7.46 (4.85, 12.93) |
| All Search Terms | 9.09 (6.26, 15.31) | 9.66 (5.80, 16.26) | 7.63 (5.63, 12.07) | 15.79 (12.25, 22.85) | 7.92 (4.94, 14.37) |
| All Search Terms vs AMA recommendation P value | <.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ |
The above table summarizes grade level readability of academic result pages for the chosen “search term” or group of cutaneous lymphoma terms. Analysis results from 1-sided 1-sample t tests against the AMA maximum sixth grade reading level recommendation are reported.
CBCL, Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas; CTCL, cutaneous T-cell lymphomas.
∗
Indicates significance with P < .01.