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Table 3 Mean and standard deviation for all rating categories

From: Rater attitude towards emerging varieties of English: a new rater effect?

IELTS speech sample band score

Fluency

Pronunciation

Sentence structure

Vocabulary

P

Neu

Neg

P

Neu

Neg

P

Neu

Neg

P

Neu

Neg

4

6.00

(.173)

3.25

(.854)

4.81

(.298)

6.00

(.173)

3.75

(1.03)

4.08

(.325)

5.64

(.175)

5.25

(.479)

4.58

(.348)

5.64

(.175)

5.00

(.408)

4.06

(.331)

5

6.43

(.219)

4.00

(1.10)

5.08

(.327)

6.43

(.219)

3.25

(1.03)

4.11

(.340)

5.57

(.208)

4.50

(.500)

4.50

(.317)

5.57

(.208)

5.00

(.00)

5.06

(.333)

6

7.48

(.189)

6.75

(.479)

6.36

(.326)

7.48

(.189)

7.75

(.479)

5.81

(.313)

7.27

(.177)

7.75

(.479)

6.19

(.335)

7.27

(.177)

7.25

(.750)

6.22

(.382)

7

6.56

(.199)

5.25

(.946)

5.03

(.353)

6.56

(.199)

4.74

(.629)

4.36

(.336)

5.85

(.197)

5.75

(.750)

4.44

(.373)

6.11

(.226)

5.75

(.479)

4.33

(.361)

8

8.45

(.102)

8.25

(.479)

7.03

(.289)

8.45

(.102)

7.75

(.479)

6.81

(.281)

8.05

(.128)

8.25

(.479)

7.22

(.290)

8.08

(.135)

8.00

(.707)

7.00

(.285)

9

8.65

(.093)

8.00

(.408)

7.61

(.274)

8.65

(.093)

8.50

(.500)

7.47

(.294)

8.45

(.098)

8.50

(.500)

7.78

(.236)

8.59

(.091)

8.00

(.707)

7.53

(.216)

  1. P stands for positive attitude group, Neu for neutral attitude group, and Neg for negative attitude group