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. 2019 Aug 12;8(3):e13619. doi: 10.2196/13619

Table 2.

Interaction effects: means and SDs of the dependent measures by language style and professional affiliation.

Dependent measures^a	Scientist			Lobbyist
	Neutral (n=67), mean (SD)	Enthusiastic (n=68), mean (SD)	P value	Neutral (n=66), mean (SD)	Enthusiastic (n=69), mean (SD)	P value
Integrity	4.79 (0.87)	4.28 (0.90)	.002	4.54 (0.94)	4.55 (1.13)	.96
Benevolence	4.50 (0.83)	3.93 (0.96)	<.001	4.31 (0.79)	4.26 (1.05)	.79

^aOn all scales, a low score indicates low trustworthiness and a high score indicates high trustworthiness. All scales ranged from 1 to 7.