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. 2014 Aug 20;9(8):e104880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104880

Table 12. Emotions, Gender and Status: Wikipedia female administrators are more emotional than male administrators in personal talk pages.

Messages written Messages received
(Personal Pages) Men Women U-test p-value Men Women U-test p-value
LIWC
Sample Size 1 487 94 1 487 94
Positive 1.921 2.045 −2.767 Inline graphic* 1.938 2.012 −2.482 Inline graphic*
(783) (917) (783) (904)
Negative 0.688 0.726 −0.426 p = 0.670 0.546 0.570 −1.888 p = 0.059
Affect 2.650 2.819 −2.225 Inline graphic* 2.520 2.621 −2.841 Inline graphic*
(784) (892) (782) (920)
Anxiety 0.096 0.10 −2.094 Inline graphic* 0.069 0.073 −2.005 Inline graphic*
(785) (885) (785) (882)
Anger 0.243 0.218 −0.277 p = 0.782 0.193 0.191 −1.013 p = 0.311
Sadness 0.089 0.102 −1.123 p = 0.262 0.079 783 916 Inline graphic
SentiStrength
Sample Size 1 446 94 1 446 92
Positive 1.95 2.00 −2.285 Inline graphic* 1.94 2.00 −5.219 Inline graphic
(766) (875)
Negative −1.91 −1.91 −0.230 p = 0.818 −1.78 −1.79 −1.155 p = 0.248

Numbers under the editor class names correspond to the average values over all editors in a given class. When the difference is statistically significant (p-value in bold) the larger absolute value is underlined. Cases where the averages are not informative are marked with an asterisk * and include the mean ranks Mann-Whitney U-test below the averages in parentheses.