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Table 3 Comparisons of syntactic complexity measures in the pre-and post-tests

From: Effects of teacher, automated, and combined feedback on syntactic complexity in EFL students’ writing

Index

Pre-test

Post-test

Paired sample t tests

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

df

p

MLT

14.63

2.69

14.64

2.61

0.01

26

0.99

MLS

15.84

3.13

16.12

3.16

0.87

26

0.38

C/T

1.62

0.26

1.64

0.25

0.50

26

0.61

DC/C

0.36

0.08

0.36

0.09

 − 0.38

26

0.70

CN/C

0.85

0.27

0.84

0.25

 − 0.22

26

0.82

CN/T

1.34

0.37

1.39

0.5

0.64

26

0.52