Women, innovation, and literature

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 4 RD values and appreciation of avant-garde literature

Category	Ratings ( n)	Mean RD value	p value
Avant-garde	204	0.878 ± 0.177
Other	564	0.705 ± 0.163	0.0022

Eleven novels that received a Pulitzer Prize or National Book Award were compared with 21 novels that did not receive major awards but were rated by readers, on average, just as highly (mean 4.49 ± 0.13 vs. 4.45 ± 0.18). The mean RD value is shown for readers who gave books in each category a rating of 5, the highest rating.