5. Results
The following section presents the results of this study. The results will be presented in two sub-sections based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis. The findings will be discussed with relationship to each other both in the context of this study and in the context of previous work in Section 6 (Discussion).
5.1 Quantitative Analysis
This section presents the findings following the quantitative analysis of the data from this study. The results of the quantitative analysis will be presented under the broad headings listed in Section 4.2 above.
Stage 1: Exploratory Data Analysis
The characteristics of the dimensions for assessing the quality of articles in the entire sample are presented in table 5.1., and discussed in Section 3.4.1 above. The distributions of the dimensions are presented in table 5.2. Only the dimensions of accuracy and style/ readability for the alternative encyclopaedia were found to be normally distributed. The remaining dimensions for both Wikipedia and the alternative encyclopaedia were found to be not normally distributed.
| Dimension | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. Deviation |
| Wikipedia (n=64) | ||||
| Accuracy | 0.00 | 5.00 | 3.87 | 1.04 |
| References | 0.00 | 5.00 | 3.07 | 1.47 |
| Style/ Readability | 0.00 | 4.29 | 3.04 | 0.93 |
| Overall Judgment | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.32 |
| Overall Quality Score | 0.65 | 3.26 | 2.18 | 0.65 |
| Alternative Encyclopaedia (n=64) | ||||
| Accuracy | 0.00 | 5.00 | 3.43 | 1.00 |
| References | 0.00 | 5.00 | 1.49 | 1.04 |
| Style/ Readability | 0.00 | 5.00 | 3.47 | 0.99 |
| Overall Judgment | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Overall Quality Score | 0.99 | 3.32 | 1.84 | 0.56 |
Table 5.1 Dimension Characteristics.
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