Table 2 Descriptive statistical characteristics of variables.

From: Better or worse? Revealing the impact of common institutional ownership on annual report readability

Variable Name

Sample size

Average value

Standard deviation

Minimum value

Maximum value

Correlation coefficient Readability

Readability

35,916

−19.04

2.477

−51.69

−13.95

 

Coz1

35,916

0.103

0.304

0

1

−0.091***

Coz2

35,916

0.075

0.221

0

0.997

−0.093***

Coz3

35,916

0.027

0.097

0

0.570

−0.069***

Big4

35,916

0.059

0.235

0

1

−0.146***

cfo

35,916

0.046

0.073

−0.194

0.256

0.002

ppe

35,916

21.89

16.52

0.140

71.14

0.071***

lev

35,916

0.432

0.216

0.0514

1.037

−0.124***

btm

35,916

113.3

117.5

9.517

1062

−0.139***

size

35,916

7.579

1.306

3.932

11.29

−0.140***

growth

35,916

0.195

0.483

−0.629

3.287

−0.063***

dual

35,916

0.730

0.444

0

1

−0.0004

Insit

35,916

46.56

25.24

0.396

98.26

−0.080***

Shrcr1

35,916

35.06

14.83

8.497

74.82

0.024***

BoardSize

35,916

2.135

0.200

1.609

2.708

−0.036***

Indep

35,916

0.374

0.053

0.308

0.571

−0.027***

soe

35,916

0.390

0.488

0

1

−0.020***

  1. *** indicates significant at the 1% level.