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. 2018 Jan 23;20(1):e30. doi: 10.2196/jmir.8346

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of variance including the factors medical technical jargon (within subjects) and designated audience (between subjects) for each of the dependent variables.

Factors and testsa
Degrees of freedom

F
Pa ηp2
MTJb (within)





Trustworthiness of experts





METIc score 1 0.951 .17 0.010
Expertise 1 37.543 <.001 0.281
Integrity 1 10.772 <.001 0.101
Benevolence 1 9.751 .001 0.092
Credibility 1 0.068 .40 0.001
Perceived accommodation by experts




ROSd score 1 178.611 <.001 0.650
Audience design 1 219.130 <.001 0.695
Subjective comprehension 1 72.172 <.001 0.429
Emotional evaluation 1 11.492 <.001 0.537
Forum type (between)





Trustworthiness of experts





METI score 1 3.537 .03 0.036
Expertise 1 1.469 .11 0.015
Integrity 1 3.537 .03 0.036
Benevolence 1 6.113 .01 0.060
Credibility 1 0.523 .24 0.005
Perceived accommodation by experts




ROS score 1 2.047 .08 0.021
Audience design 1 0.486 .24 0.005
Subjective comprehension 1 1.541 .11 0.016
Emotional evaluation 1 3.346 .04 0.034
MTJ forum type





Trustworthiness of experts





METI score 1 1.425 .12 0.015
Expertise 1 0.405 .26 0.004
Integrity 1 1.575 .11 0.016
Benevolence 1 1.841 .09 0.019
Credibility 1 3.101 .04 0.031
Perceived accommodation by experts




ROS score 1 1.497 .11 0.015
Audience design 1 2.609 .06 0.026
Subjective comprehension 1 0.178 .34 0.002
Emotional evaluation 1 0.741 .20 0.008

aAll tests were one-sided.

bMTJ: medical technical jargon.

cMETI: Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory.

dROS: recipient orientation scale.