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Table 3

Descriptive analysis of the engagement formulations in hard and soft science

	Hard science						Soft science
	Biology		Chemistry		Physics		Psychology		Philosophy		Linguistics
Engagement formulation	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Monoglossic	88	11.14	70	9.59	59	5.09	95	10.65	66	6.85	49	5.56
Contract	482	61.01	459	62.88	658	56.72	428	47.98	549	57.01	513	58.16
Disclaim	218	27.59	228	31.23	326	28.10	207	23.21	271	28.14	246	27.89
Deny	99	12.53	104	14.25	187	16.12	109	12.22	137	14.23	112	12.70
Counter	119	15.06	124	16.99	139	11.98	98	10.99	134	13.91	134	15.19
Proclaim	264	33.42	231	31.64	332	28.62	221	24.78	277	28.76	266	30.16
Concur	131	16.58	88	12.05	125	10.78	108	12.11	121	12.56	127	14.40
Pronounce	28	3.54	26	3.56	41	3.53	21	2.35	77	8.00	28	3.17
Endorse	58	7.34	48	6.58	67	5.78	38	4.26	22	2.28	28	3.17
Justify	47	5.95	69	9.45	99	8.53	54	6.05	57	5.92	83	9.41
Expand	220	27.85	201	27.53	443	38.19	369	41.37	348	36.14	320	36.28
Entertain	156	19.75	137	18.77	352	30.34	252	28.25	258	26.79	240	27.21
Attribute	64	8.10	64	8.77	91	7.84	117	13.12	90	9.35	80	9.07
Acknowledge	52	6.58	56	7.67	62	5.34	94	10.54	57	5.92	41	4.65
Distance	12	1.52	8	1.10	29	2.5	23	2.58	33	3.43	39	4.42
Subtotal and percentage	790	100	730	100	1,160	100	892	100	963	100	882	100

	Hard science						Soft science
	Biology		Chemistry		Physics		Psychology		Philosophy		Linguistics
Engagement formulation	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Monoglossic	88	11.14	70	9.59	59	5.09	95	10.65	66	6.85	49	5.56
Contract	482	61.01	459	62.88	658	56.72	428	47.98	549	57.01	513	58.16
Disclaim	218	27.59	228	31.23	326	28.10	207	23.21	271	28.14	246	27.89
Deny	99	12.53	104	14.25	187	16.12	109	12.22	137	14.23	112	12.70
Counter	119	15.06	124	16.99	139	11.98	98	10.99	134	13.91	134	15.19
Proclaim	264	33.42	231	31.64	332	28.62	221	24.78	277	28.76	266	30.16
Concur	131	16.58	88	12.05	125	10.78	108	12.11	121	12.56	127	14.40
Pronounce	28	3.54	26	3.56	41	3.53	21	2.35	77	8.00	28	3.17
Endorse	58	7.34	48	6.58	67	5.78	38	4.26	22	2.28	28	3.17
Justify	47	5.95	69	9.45	99	8.53	54	6.05	57	5.92	83	9.41
Expand	220	27.85	201	27.53	443	38.19	369	41.37	348	36.14	320	36.28
Entertain	156	19.75	137	18.77	352	30.34	252	28.25	258	26.79	240	27.21
Attribute	64	8.10	64	8.77	91	7.84	117	13.12	90	9.35	80	9.07
Acknowledge	52	6.58	56	7.67	62	5.34	94	10.54	57	5.92	41	4.65
Distance	12	1.52	8	1.10	29	2.5	23	2.58	33	3.43	39	4.42
Subtotal and percentage	790	100	730	100	1,160	100	892	100	963	100	882	100

Source(s): Table by author