Table 1
Data collection summary for adults’ sub-corpus.
| EXPERIMENT | OBJECTIVE | WOMEN | MEN | n | MEAN AGE (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Planning | Impact of conceptual preparation demands | 47 | 13 | 60 | 19.9 (1.6) |
| 2: Translating | Impact of linguistic formulation demands | 52 | 12 | 64 | 19.9 (2.1) |
| 3: Reviewing | Impact of reviewing and error-correction demands | 61 | 9 | 70 | 20.6 (3.6) |
Table 2
Number of participants in the children sub-corpus.
| GRADE | N | WOMEN | MEN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| 5th | 29 | 15 | 14 |
| 6th | 41 | 25 | 16 |
| Total | 98 | 56 | 42 |
Table 3
Description of variables and special characters that can be found in the bursts’ .csv table.
| VARIABLES | |
|---|---|
| NOM | DESCRIPTION |
| full_id | Writing session ID |
| Threshold | Pause threshold (in ms) |
| Session | Number of writing sessions/type of text |
| writer_id | Writer’s id |
| n_burst | Burst number |
| burst_content | Burst content |
| burst_type | Burst type (P-Production, IR-Immediate Revision, DR-Distant revision) |
| burst_start_time | Start time for beginning of burst |
| burst_duration | Burst duration (in sec.) |
| pause_duration | Duration of pause before burst (in sec.) |
| cycle_duration | Cycle (pause + burst) duration |
| pause_percent | Percentage of pause duration in a cycle duration |
| burst_percent | Percentage of burst duration in a cycle |
| burst_pause_ratio | Burst/pause ratio |
| burst_start_pos | Cursor position at the beginning of the burst |
| burst_end_pos | Cursor position at the end of the burst |
| document_length | Text length (in characters) |
| burst_length | Burst length (in characters) |
| typing_length | Number of keystrokes for producing the burst (characters + spaces + suppressions) |
| typing_speed | Burst typing speed (number of characters per second) |
| typing_content | List of all keystrokes needed for producing the burst (characters + spaces + suppressions) |
| SPECIAL CHARACTERS | |
| CHARACTER | DESCRIPTION |
| ⌫ | Suppression to the left |
| ⌦ | Suppression to the right |
| ˽ | Space |
| ↲ | Line break |
| ⇆ | Tabulation |
| < | Trigger for beginning of text insertion or substitution (several characters at once) |
| > | Trigger for end of text insertion or substitution |
| ˣ | Beginning and end marker of a simulated insertion in case of misalignment of text and log. |
| # | False character added in the text for realigning text and log when problems of alignment. |
| ¦ | Break of spatial continuity within a burst (move below the threshold) |