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Table 5 Number of items mentioned according to journal types

From: Media response to colon cancer campaigns in Switzerland 2005-2007: regional newspapers are the most reliable among the printed media

Journal types

Nb journal types

Mean nb of articles (S.D.)

T test

p-value

Regional v s

1

497.0

3.8

p = 0.063

non-regional press

3

85.7 (93.7)

  

1 to 3 items

1

286.0

3.4

p = 0.075

 

3

61.0 (56.6)

  

4 to 7 items

1

181.0

3.9

p = 0.061

 

3

21.7 (35.8)

  

8 to 11 items

1

30.0

4.5

p = 0.046*

 

3

3.0 (5.2)

  

Magazines vs

1

188.0

-0.002

p = 0.998

non-magazines

3

188.7 (168.8)

  

1 to 3 items

1

116.0

-0.01

p = 0.993

 

3

117.7 (148.9)

  

4 to 7 items

1

63.0

0.02

p = 0.988

 

3

61.0 (103.9)

  

8 to 11 items

1

9.0

-0.1

p = 0.965

 

3

10.0 (17.3)

  

Elite vs

1

65.0

-0.6

p = 0.625

non-elite press

3

229.7 (249.1)

  

1 to 3 items

1

64.0

-0.4

p = 0.708

 

3

135.0 (142.5)

  

4 to 7 items

1

1.0

-0.8

p = 0.525

 

3

81.7 (91.4)

  

8 to 11 items

1

0

-0.7

p = 0.541

 

3

13.0 (15.4)

  

Tabloid vs

1

4.0

-0.9

p = 0.439

non-tabloids

3

250.0 (222.6)

  

1 to 3 items

1

3.0

-1.1

p = 0.374

 

3

155.3 (116.1)

  

4 to 7 items

1

1.0

-0.8

p = 0.525

 

3

81.7 (91.4)

  

8 to 11 items

1

0

-0.7

p = 0.541

 

3

13.0 (15.4)

  
  1. The number of different items counted in each article (distributed in three groups: group I: 1-3 items, group II: 4-7 items and group III: 8-11 items) and corresponding journal type were listed. Results were submitted to Student's T test. * signals that p-values are < 0.05.