R: Academic Writing Data

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## Academic Writing Data

### Description

This study looked at the effects of two forms of written corrective feedback on lexico-grammatical accuracy in the academic writing of English as a foreign language university students. It had a 3x4 within-by-between design with three groups (two treatment and one control) measured over four occasions (pretest/treatment, treatment, posttest, delayed posttest).

### Usage

    bush

### Format

A data frame with 4 variables and 120 observations:

`id`

  participant ID

`group`

  control, direct, indirect

`essay`

  four measurement occasions

`errorRatio`

  error ratio

### References

McGrath, D. (2016). The Effects of Comprehensive Direct and Indirect Written Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in English as a Foreign Language Students' Writing (Unpublished master's thesis). Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

### Examples

    head(essays)
    summary(essays)

[Package WRS2 version 0.9-2 Index]