Table III.
Grade level calculator readability of non-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” | 9.15 (6.70, 12.10) | 10.95 (8.40, 14.20) | 8.03 (6.40, 10.40) | 15.15 (13.20, 18.50) | 7.68 (5.90, 10.10) |
| “CTCL” and Subtypes | 9.07 (5.83, 13.00) | 9.98 (5.77, 14.23) | 7.99 (5.68, 11.00) | 14.83 (12.40, 18.48) | 7.69 (4.17, 11.83) |
| “CBCL” and Subtypes | 8.53 (5.18, 12.98) | 9.87 (6.10, 14.78) | 7.57 (5.48, 10.20) | 14.87 (12.10, 18.70) | 6.81 (3.70, 11.03) |
| All Search Terms | 8.88 (5.67, 12.91) | 10.03 (6.13, 14.43) | 7.84 (5.67, 10.65) | 14.87 (12.36, 18.56) | 7.37 (4.15, 11.38) |
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All Search Terms vs AMA recommendation P value |
<.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ | <.001∗ |
The above table summarizes grade level readability of nonacademic 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.