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.