Seventh Graders' Writing
(1986 Study)
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Figures per main clause (MC) are actually per 100 MC.*
Rec
No		 SRA* %Read SRA* %Lang Total Words W /MC MC Long MC Short MC Var TSC /MC % W inPP Inf /MC Gn /MC Gve /MC App /MC
Avg 50 49 263 9.4 21.1 3.5 48 42 24 14.0 6.7 1.0 3.9
1 22 34 306 7.1 16 4 30 23 23 0 0 0 2.3
2 36 27 255 8.8 18 2 34 34 15 20.7 6.9 0 0
3 42 62 376 10.7 30 2 50 74 22 20.0 5.7 0 5.7
4 84 74 264 8.0 13 4 39 15 38 0 0 6.1 0
5 36 71 246 15.4 24 6 41 113 26 43.8 31.3 0 6.3
6 29 24 234 9.8 19 4 33 46 26 12.5 4.2 0 0
7 42 13 288 9.6 25 4 51 50 21 16.7 6.7 3.3 3.3
8 45 22 268 8.9 21 3 42 50 22 16.7 13.3 0 6.7
9 45 50 276 8.1 25 2 58 35 18 8.8 8.8 0 8.8
10 58 72 276 8.9 16 5 43 45 14 6.5 6.5 3.2 0
11 45 37 254 9.8 23 4 64 85 21 11.5 11.5 0 3.8
12 52 44 266 9.2 18 2 51 59 16 3.4 3.4 0 3.4
13 95 72 258 10.8 20 4 52 17 36 20.8 20.8 0 8.3
14 64 51 249 11.3 20 6 41 55 31 13.6 4.5 0 0
15 56 59 246 7.2 22 2 61 18 26 14.7 2.9 0 0
16 68 34 263 9.4 19 4 45 18 26 10.7 3.6 0 0
17 49 76 272 9.1 21 4 49 27 21 3.3 0 0 10.0
18 47 39 258 8.1 14 3 45 22 18 12.5 6.3 0 12.5
19 77 84 271 11.3 30 5 58 46 36 16.7 4.2 4.2 0
20 75 74 255 9.1 19 3 53 14 29 21.4 3.6 0 10.7
21 40 33 237 10.8 22 4 49 36 34 18.2 9.1 4.5 0
22 47 59 269 9.6 19 2 51 43 26 14.3 3.6 3.6 10.7
23 61 43 235 12.4 37 4 64 79 25 31.6 15.8 0 0
24 71 44 247 7.5 22 3 47 15 13 6.1 3.0 0 3.0
25 42 59 254 8.8 20 3 54 12 22 13.8 6.9 0 3.4
26 30 43 290 12.6 27 5 52 87 26 34.8 8.7 0 4.3
27 34 48 222 6.3 13 3 49 11 21 0 2.9 2.9 5.7
28 54 62 273 8.0 21 3 51 29 16 17.6 5.9 2.9 5.9
29 18 30 253 8.2 23 4 37 23 23 0 3.2 0 3.2
30 56 27 269 8.4 18 3 50 59 22 12.5 0 0 0
31 40 44 238 7.0 20 1 59 35 20 11.8 2.9 0 2.9

SRA scores are from 6th grade.

* This not only eliminates decimal points and place-holding zeroes, but it also allows us to say, for example, that if the figure of TSC/MC is six, then, assuming that the clauses are distributed evenly, six per cent of the main clause have subordinate clauses. Zeroes have been eliminated from the table because they simply add clutter.