Table 6 Summary results of multiple regressions for rater attitude towards Indian English and background variables predicting ratings of IELTS speech samples
From: Rater attitude towards emerging varieties of English: a new rater effect?
R | R2 | R2 change | Standardized beta | F change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IELTS speech sample total score | |||||
RAI total score | .560 | .313 | .313 | .536 | 42.883 |
Indian/non-Indian | .587 | .345 | .032 | − .180 | 4.511 |
IELTS speech sample subscores | |||||
Fluency | |||||
RAI total score | .534 | .285 | .285 | .534 | 37.469 |
Pronunciation | |||||
RAI total score | .418 | .175 | .175 | .418 | 19.946 |
Sentence structure | |||||
RAI total score | .470 | .221 | .221 | .433 | 29.596 |
Indian/non-Indian | .582 | .293 | .072 | − .271 | 9.475 |
Vocabulary | |||||
RAI total score | .569 | .324 | .324 | .538 | 45.087 |
Indian/non-Indian | .613 | .376 | .052 | − .230 | 7.773 |