Opinionation, Vagueness, and Specificity-Distinctions: Essay Traits :Measured by Computer.
The article reports on the three characteristics of writing quality namely the opinionation, vagueness, and specificity-distinctions. These traits were chosen on the assumption that single words mark the presence of characteristics in essays. A set of graded essays was searched by computer for evalu...
| Publicado en: | American Educational Research Journal Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 271 - 289 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar1969
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