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40
35
30
Percent of Text 25 EMAILS
BLOGS
20
TEXT
15
DEBATE
10
5
0
1-5 6-10 11-15 16 - 20 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40
Sentence Length - Range (Words)

Figure 8. Graphical representation of Relative Distribution, Sentence Length Ranges, by Genre

Table 3. Relative Distribution, Sentence Length Ranges, by Genre

RANGE EMAILS BLOGS TEXT DEBATE
1-5 37.6% 29.7% 14.1% 19.2%
6-10 24.2% 21.6% 11.5% 28.2%
11-15 19.3% 16.1% 14.8% 20.1%
16 - 20 14.4% 13% 18.9% 15.1%
21 - 25 7.9% 7.7% 15.1% 7.3%
26 - 30 2.5% 5.4% 8.9% 3.2%
31 - 35 3% 2.8% 6.8% 2.8%
36 - 40 1.7% 1.4% 4.3% 1.6%

A regression analysis of emails and blogs shows a powerful (98.5%)
correlation between sentence lengths across media modes (p < 0.05):

Table 4. Regression Analysis of Sentence Length Ranges – Emails and Blogs
Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.992762
R Square 0.985578
Adjusted R Square 0.983174
Standard Error 1.648615
Observations 8