Table 7 Average move length ratios of the SoP corpora
From: Disciplinary variations in academic promotional writing: the case of statements of purpose
| Â | The Arts Division | The Science Division | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Humanities | Business | Social Science | Engineering | Science | Total | p value | |
1. Introduction | 10.51% (17) | 9.53% (18) | 10.47% (20) | 9.72% (16) | 11.07% (20) | 10.29% (107) | 0.942 |
2. Establishing credential | 53.93% (20) | 57.48% (20) | 49.62% (20) | 59.32% (20) | 65.57% (20) | 57.18% (120) | 0.014 |
3. Reasons for applying | 29.02% (20) | 23.83% (20) | 32.50% (20) | 27.61% (19) | 18.45% (18) | 26.43% (117) | 0.046 |
4. Conclusion | 7.26% (17) | 8.44% (18) | 6.87% (19) | 6.75% (19) | 7.91% (16) | 7.42% (105) | 0.822 |