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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Read Writ. 2011 Feb 1;24(2):151–182. doi: 10.1007/s11145-010-9262-y

Table 5.

Differences between transcription modes by pen and keyboard for specific clausal productions in sentence writing in grades 2–7

Syntactic structure
(grade, cohort)
df F p Pen [M (SD)] Keys [M (SD)]
One independent clause
 (Gr 2, Coh 1) 1,57 1.96 0.17 0.75 (0.44) 0.69 (0.47)
 (Gr 4, Coh 1) 1,116 329.55 0.001 0.74 (0.044) 0.55 (0.50)
 (Gr 4, Coh 2) 1,100 4.31 0.04 0.62 (0.49) 0.50 (0.50)
 (Gr 6, Coh 2) 1,107 4.36 0.04 0.76 (1.10) 0.52 (0.50)
 (Gr 3, Coh 1) 1,81 18.44 0.001 0.29 (0.46) 0.59 (0.50)
 (Gr 5, Coh 1) 1,93 0.93 0.34 0.28 (0.45) 0.32 (0.47)
 (Gr 5, Coh 2) 1,92 0.57 0.45 0.31 (0.47) 0.35 (0.48)
 (Gr 7, Coh 2) 1,86 0.00 1.00 0.28 (0.45) 0.30 (0.46)
Independent plus relative clause
 (Gr 2, Coh 1) 1,57 0.00 1.00 0.06 (0.24) 0.03 (0.18)
 (Gr 4, Coh 1) 1,116 1.94 0.17 0.05 (0.22) 0.09 (0.29)
 (Gr 4, Coh 2) 1,100 1.82 0.18 0.14 (0.37) 0.10 (0.30)
 (Gr 6, Coh 2) 1,107 5,78 0.018 0.10 (0.30) 0.21 (0.43)
 (Gr 3, Coh 1) 1,100 1.59 0.21 0.06 (0.24) 0.05 (0.23)
 (Gr 5, Coh 1) 1,93 0.47 0.49 0.11 (0.32) 0.08 (0.31)
 (Gr 5, Coh 2) 1,104 0.82 0.37 0.16 (0.42) 0.15 (0.39)
 (Gr 7, Coh 2) 1,86 0.22 0.64 0.08 (0.28) 0.11 (0.35)
Independent plus complement clause
 (Gr 2, Coh 1) 1,57 3.11 0.08 0.03 (0.16) 0.00 (0.00)
 (Gr 4, Coh 1) 1,116 2.71 0.10 0.04 (0.20) 0.01 (0.09)
 (Gr 4, Coh 2) 1,100 0.33 0.57 0.03 (0.17) 0.02 (0.14)
 (Gr 6, Coh 2) 1,107 0.20 0.66 0.03 (0.17) 0.02 (0.14)
 (Gr 3, Coh 1) 1,81 2.03 0.16 0.03 (0.18) 0.00 (0.00)
 (Gr 5, Coh 1) 1,93 0.11 0.74 0.04 (0.24) 0.03 (0.17)
 (Gr 5, Coh 2) 1,92 0.00 1.00 0.07 (0.26) 0.06 (0.24)
 (Gr 7, Coh 2) 1,86 0.08 0.78 0.05 (0.22) 0.08 (0.31)
Independent plus subordinate clause
 (Gr 2, Coh 1) 1,57 2.75 0.10 0.08 (0.30) 0.10 (0.30)
 (Gr 4, Coh 1) 1,116 6.41 0.01 0.14 (0.37) 0.26 (0.48)
 (Gr 4, Coh 2) 1,100 6.12 0.02 0.27 (0.47) 0.39 (0.56)
 (Gr 6, Coh 2) 1,107 0.31 0.58 0.18 (0.41) 0.20 (0.43)
 (Gr 3, Coh 1) 1,81 4.34 0.04 0.39 (0.53) 0.25 (0.46)
 (Gr 5, Coh 1) 1,93 10.49 0.002 0.28 (0.45) 0.32 (0.47)
 (Gr 5, Coh 2) 1,92 0.94 0.34 0.50 (0.56) 0.44 (0.68)
 (Gr 7, Coh 2) 1,86 0.41 0.71 0.28 (0.45) 0.30 (0.46)