Table 3.
Most frequently violated rules per category (strict scoring) for Study 1.
| Category | Rule | Proportion violated |
|---|---|---|
| Business | Bulleted items are not presented individually, growing the list from the top to the bottom | 0.97 |
| More than four bulleted items appear in a single list | 0.97 | |
| Hierarchical organization of lists is not used, with no more than four items at each level | 0.94 | |
| More than two lines are used per bulleted sentence | 0.81 | |
| All uppercase, all italics, or all bold typefaces are used | 0.78 | |
| Research | Bulleted items are not presented individually, growing the list from the top to the bottom | 1.00 |
| More than two lines are used per bulleted sentence | 1.00 | |
| More than four bulleted items appear in a single list | 0.85 | |
| Hierarchical organization of lists is not used, with no more than four items at each level | 0.81 | |
| Words are not large enough (i.e., greater than 20 point) to be easily read | 0.70 | |
| Visual or auditory characteristics change even when they do not signal a change in information | 0.70 | |
| Government | Bulleted items are not presented individually, growing the list from the top to the bottom | 0.95 |
| All uppercase, all italics, or all bold typefaces are used | 0.95 | |
| More than two lines are used per bulleted sentence | 0.95 | |
| More than four bulleted items appear in a single list | 0.95 | |
| Hierarchical organization of lists is not used, with no more than four items at each level | 0.90 | |
| Education | Bulleted items are not presented individually, growing the list from the top to the bottom | 0.89 |
| More than two lines are used per bulleted sentence | 0.89 | |
| More than four bulleted items appear in a single list | 0.89 | |
| Visual or auditory characteristics change even when they do not signal a change in information | 0.84 | |
| All uppercase, all italics, or all bold typefaces are used | 0.82 | |
| Hierarchical organization of lists is not used, with no more than four items at each level | 0.82 | |
| Miscellaneous | Bulleted items are not presented individually, growing the list from the top to the bottom | 1.00 |
| More than two lines are used per bulleted sentence | 0.96 | |
| More than four bulleted items appear in a single list | 0.91 | |
| All uppercase, all italics, or all bold typefaces are used | 0.87 | |
| Hierarchical organization of lists is not used, with no more than four items at each level | 0.83 |