Table 7.

Description of the comparisons made for each topic based on the type of post being compared

Post aspect	Post types	Description
Number of responses	Questions	The number of responses (comments
		or answers) added to a question
Resolved questions	Questions	Whether the questions received an answer
		marked as accepted
Answered questions	Questions	Whether the question received at least
		one answer
Accepted answers	Answers	Whether the answer is the correct solution
		to a question
Length of text	Questions, Answers, Comments	The length of the text contained in the
		post in characters (excluding code)
Presence of code	Questions, Answers, Comments	Whether the post contains a code snippet