Table 5.
Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2001, 2007, and 2015 positive predictive value and negative predictive value with 95% CI (N=63)a.
| Emotion categories | 2001 PPVb (95% CI) | 2007 PPV (95% CI) | 2015 PPV (95% CI) | 2001 NPVc (95% CI) | 2007 NPV (95% CI) | 2015 NPV (95% CI) |
| Total affect | 0.326d,e (0.315-0.336) | 0.268d (0.259-0.277) | 0.270e (0.254-0.286) | 0.997 (0.997-0.997) | 0.997 (0.997-0.998) | 0.998 (0.996-0.999) |
| Positive Emotion | 0.256d (0.244-0.268) | 0.207d (0.197-0.217) | 0.211 (0.191-0.231) | 0.998 (0.998-0.998) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.997-1.00) |
| Negative Emotion | 0.498d,e (0.479-0.516) | 0.377d (0.361-0.395) | 0.373e (0.348-0.398) | 0.998 (0.998-0.998) | 0.998 (0.998-0.998) | 0.998 (0.996-1.00) |
| Anxiety | 0.640d (0.605-0.675) | 0.477d (0.446-0.508) | 0.496 (0.454-0.538) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.996-1.00) |
| Anger | 0.357e (0.307-0.409) | 0.317 (0.273-0.366) | 0.375e (0.306-0.444) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.995-1.00) |
| Sadness | 0.389 (0.349-0.431) | 0.351 (0.315-0.389) | 0.377 (0.324-0.430) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.999-0.999) | 0.999 (0.996-1.00) |
aP value corrected after Bonferroni P<.0021 (P=alpha/N).
bPPV: positive predictive value.
cNPV: negative predictive value.
dSignificant difference between Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2001 and Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2007 at P<.0021.
eSignificant difference between Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2001 and Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2015 at P<.0021.