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Table 3 Proposition Entity Count (PEC) by gender and response correctness

From: Automatically analyzing text responses for exploring gender-specific cognitions in PISA reading

Item

\(\beta _{g}\)

\(\beta _{c}\)

\(\beta _{g*c}\)

F(df1, df2)

\(R_{adj}^2\)

1. explain protagonist’s ...

− 0.16 [± \(0.09\)]

− 0.02 [± \(0.05\)]

0.01 [± \(0.21\)]

F(3, 4047) = 32.10

0.023

2. evaluate statement

− 0.12 [± \(0.05\)]

0.18 [± \(0.05\)]

− 0.15 [± \(0.15\)]

F(3,3365) = 55.42

0.046

3. interpret author’s ...

− 0.20 [± \(0.04\)]

0.03 [± \(0.05\)]

− 0.03 [± \(0.15\)]

F(3,2989) = 43.90

0.041

4. list recall

− 0.12 [± \(0.09\)]

0.23 [± \(0.05\)]

0.14 [± \(0.20\)]

F(3,3718) = 97.61

0.072

5. evaluate stylistic ...

− 0.15 [± \(0.05\)]

0.36 [± \(0.04\)]

− 0.02 [± \(0.14\)]

F(3,3540) = 226.30

0.160

6. verbal production

− 0.16 [± \(0.09\)]

0.14 [± \(0.05\)]

0.01 [± \(0.21\)]

F(3,3959) = 70.56

0.050

7. select and judge

− 0.18 [± \(0.06\)]

0.23 [± \(0.05\)]

0.01 [± \(0.15\)]

F(3,3764) = 128.90

0.092

8. explain story element

− 0.17 [± \(0.06\)]

0.11 [± \(0.05\)]

0.03 [± \(0.15\)]

F(3,3893) = 55.41

0.040

  1. Italic statistics are significant (\(\alpha = .05\)), g = gender (1 = girls, 2 = boys), c = response correct, \(R_{adj}^2\) = \(R^2\) adjusted, 95% confidence intervals in brackets