Etiquette for medical students’ email communication with faculty members: a single-institution study

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Table 4 Correlations between global impression of politeness, total score, and each criteria

Variable		Subject		Message body						Sign-off	Total Score
Variable		(Q1, Q2)		(Q3–Q8)						(Q9)	Total Score
		Clarity and conciseness	Subject name	Salutation	Self-identification	Readability	Honorifics	Internet slang	Closing remarks
Global impression of politeness	Correlation	−0.083	−0.005	0.668	0.297	0.167	0.325	0.148	0.653	0.646	0.833
Global impression of politeness	p-value^a)	0.258	0.943	<0.001	<0.001	0.016	<0.001	0.033	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Total score	Correlation	0.197	0.185	0.650	0.441	0.159	0.275	0.325	0.481	0.703	n.a.
Total score	p-value^a)	0.007	0.013	<0.001	<0.001	0.022	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

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