As for the analyses in Hypothesis 1, the tokens of accurate use of the 37
types of collocation by each subject in each group were used as data for these
analyses.
4.2.2.1.1 Friedman test for the Essay Data - Group 1
The results of the Friedman test for Group 1 show a significant
difference in the use of the 37 types of collocation in the students' essays
(Friedman c
2
(36, N = 37) = 1699.221, p = .0001). Nemenyi's multiple
comparisons tests based on the Friedman rank sums were performed on the
data. The results of these tests are summarised below in Table 33. The results
of the post-hoc analysis show a clustering of certain collocations. Types 11.
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SV(O) Prep O, 26. SVc, and 29. Adjective Noun are used significantly more than
almost all the other types of collocation.
