Table 3.

Select Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count output variables and word categories of the Standardized Letter of Evaluation, comparing applicants invited to interview and applicants not invited to interview.

Variable	Total n = 822 median (IQR)	Invited n = 202 median (IQR)	Not invited n = 620 median (IQR)	P-value
Word count	173 (129–224)	186 (135–228)	169 (127–223)	0.03
Words per sentence	15 (13–18)	16 (14–18)	15 (13–18)	0.42
Positive emotion	10 (8–14)	10 (8–13)	10 (8–14)	0.07
Negative emotion	1 (0–2)	1 (0–1)	1 (0–2)	0.89
Social	21 (16–28)	23 (17–28)	21 (15–27)	0.34
Cognitive processes	14 (9–19)	15 (10–20)	13 (9–18)	0.61
Affiliation	4 (3–6)	5 (3–7)	4 (2–6)	0.21
Achievement	8 (6–11)	9 (6–11)	8 (6–11)	0.75
Power	6 (4–8)	6 (4–9)	6 (3–8)	0.02
Reward	4 (3–6)	4 (2–6)	4 (3–6)	0.001
Risk	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0.96
Standout	1 (0–2)	2 (1–3)	1 (0–2)	<0.0001
Ability	1 (1–3)	2 (1–3)	1 (0–2)	0.005
Grindstone	2 (1–3)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–3)	0.62
Teaching	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	0.41
Research	0 (0–1)	1 (0–2)	0 (0–1)	0.03
Communal	1 (0–2)	1 (0–2)	1 (0–2)	0.47
Agency	1 (1–2)	2 (1–3)	1 (0–2)	0.46

IQR, interquartile range.