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Table 4 Distribution of test takers’ total score, content score, and language score

From: An investigation of novice ESL writers’ cognitive processes and strategy use of paraphrasing

 

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Skewness

Kurtosis

Total scores

41.43

10.914

10

67

− 0.193

− 0.137

Content scores

24.11

6.791

5

40

− 0.369

− 0.230

Language scores

17.52

4.314

5

26

− 0.277

− 0.152

  1. The total score of the paraphrasing task is 70; the content score is 42; the language score is 28