Linguistic Features of Writing Quality

In this study, a corpus of expert-graded essays, based on a standardized scoring rubric, is computationally evaluated so as to distinguish the differences between those essays that were rated as high and those rated as low. The automated tool, Coh-Metrix, is used to examine the degree to which high-...

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Published in:	Written communication Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 57 - 86
Main Authors:	McNamara, Danielle S., Crossley, Scott A., McCarthy, Philip M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2010 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Cohesion Competence Comprehension Computational Linguistics Computer Generated Language Analysis Computer Software Connected Discourse Difficulty Level Educational Quality Essays Indexes Linguistics Mathematics Rating Scales Reading Comprehension Scores Scoring Rubrics Sentence Structure Studies Syntactic Complexity Undergraduate Students Verbs Vocabulary Vocabulary Size Word Frequency Writing Writing Tests Written Language essay quality assessment writing proficiency cohesion coherence computational linguistics
ISSN:	0741-0883, 1552-8472
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