Table 3 Intra-variability between the...

Table 3

Intra-variability between the two periods

Panel A. Syntactical complexity
Sections		Whole period		First period (2002–2007)				Second period (2008–2012)
Sections		Mean	St.Dev	Mean	St.Dev	Min	Max	Mean	St.Dev	Min	Max
1/3		47.76	8.57	47.69	9.11	14.67	70.19	47.85	7.91	5.26	61.66
2/3	**/•	48.72	9.31	47.86	9.22	22.89	67.46	49.75	9.35	18.27	70.50
3/3		46.76	8.69	46.20	8.83	21.57	63.27	47.43	8.50	26.68	68.32
Note(s): n = 264. ,,**/•,••,••• represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by Mann-Whitney U/Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, respectively, between the two periods

Panel A. Syntactical complexity
Sections		Whole period		First period (2002–2007)				Second period (2008–2012)
Sections		Mean	St.Dev	Mean	St.Dev	Min	Max	Mean	St.Dev	Min	Max
1/3		47.76	8.57	47.69	9.11	14.67	70.19	47.85	7.91	5.26	61.66
2/3	**/•	48.72	9.31	47.86	9.22	22.89	67.46	49.75	9.35	18.27	70.50
3/3		46.76	8.69	46.20	8.83	21.57	63.27	47.43	8.50	26.68	68.32
Note(s): n = 264. ,,**/•,••,••• represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by Mann-Whitney U/Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, respectively, between the two periods

Panel B.1. Total attributions
Sections	Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)
Sections	n	Mean (%)	n	Mean (%)	n	Mean (%)
1/3	379	45.55	209	46.76	170	44.16
2/3	306	36.78	158	35.35	148	38.44
3/3	147	17.67	80	17.90	67	17.40
Note(s): n = 832. ,,** represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by χ²/Fisher's exact tests between the two periods

Panel B.1. Total attributions
Sections	Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)
Sections	n	Mean (%)	n	Mean (%)	n	Mean (%)
1/3	379	45.55	209	46.76	170	44.16
2/3	306	36.78	158	35.35	148	38.44
3/3	147	17.67	80	17.90	67	17.40
Note(s): n = 832. ,,** represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by χ²/Fisher's exact tests between the two periods

Panel B.2. Positive/negative attributions
Sections	Positive attributions						Negative attributions
	Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)		Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)
	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)
1/3	341	45.83	191	46.36	150	45.18	38	43.18	18	51.43	20	37.74
2/3	275	36.96	147	35.68	128	38.55	31	35.23	11	31.43	20	37.74
3/3	128	17.20	74	17.96	54	16.27	19	21.59	6	17.14	13	24.53

Panel B.2. Positive/negative attributions
Sections	Positive attributions						Negative attributions
	Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)		Whole period		First period (2002–2007)		Second period (2008–2012)
	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)	n	Mean(%)
1/3	341	45.83	191	46.36	150	45.18	38	43.18	18	51.43	20	37.74
2/3	275	36.96	147	35.68	128	38.55	31	35.23	11	31.43	20	37.74
3/3	128	17.20	74	17.96	54	16.27	19	21.59	6	17.14	13	24.53

Note(s): Positive: n = 744; Negative: n = 88. *,**,*** represent significant differences at 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 shown by χ²/Fisher's exact tests: A) in positive attributions between the two periods (in case *,**,*** are shown inside the column ‘Positive attributions’), B) in negative attributions between the two periods (in case *,**,*** are shown inside the column ‘Negative attributions’) and C) between positive and negative attributions for the whole period (in case *,**,*** are shown inside the column “Sections”)

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