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. 2020 Oct 30;4(10):e18246. doi: 10.2196/18246

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.