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Table 2 Additional correlations between valence, self-information and length.

From: Positive words carry less information than negative words

 

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ρ(abs(v),I)

0.032∘

0.109***

0.135***

ρ(l,I)

0.378***

0.143***

0.361***

ρ(v,l)

−0.044∘

−0.071***

−0.112***

ρ(v,I|l)

−0.379***

−0.319***

−0.399***

ρ(l,I|v)

0.389***

0.126***

0.357***

  1. Correlation coefficients of the valence (v), absolute value of the valence (abs(v)), and word length (l) versus self-information (I). Partial correlations are calculated for both variables (ρ(v,I|l),ρ(l,I|v)), and correlation between valence and length (ρ(v,l)). Significance levels: ∘p<0.3, *p<0.1, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
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