Table 2.
Comparison of Websites by URL Extension (Noncommercial vs Commercial), n = 100.
| Test | Mean (SD) | P | Noncommercial URL (n = 89) | Commercial URL (n = 11) | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noncommercial URL (n = 89) | Commercial URL (n = 11) | Easy (Grade < 6) | Average (Grade 6-10) | Difficult (Grade > 10) | Easy (Grade < 6) | Average (Grade 6-10) | Difficult (Grade > 10) | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| FKGL | 10.7 (2.0) | 11.4 (1.3) | .21 | 0 (0.0) | 51 (57.3) | 38 (42.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.6) | .19 |
| GFI | 10.7 (3.0) | 12.3 (1.9) | .09 | 6 (6.7) | 39 (43.8) | 44 (49.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) | 10 (90.9) | .013 |
| CLI | 12.8 (1.9) | 13.3 (1.2) | .38 | 0 (0.0) | 17 (19.1) | 72 (80.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | .11 |
| SMOG | 12.2 (1.7) | 13.2 (1.0) | .07 | 0 (0.0) | 20 (22.5) | 69 (77.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | .08 |
| FREa | 41.8 (12.3) | 39.1 (7.0) | .49 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.4) | 86 (96.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | .54 |
Abbreviations: CLI, Coleman-Liau; FKGL, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level; FRE, Flesch Reading Ease; GFI, Gunning-Fog Index; SD, standard deviation; SMOG, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook.
a FRE scored on a scale of 0 to 100.