Chapter 1 the study of collocations

Mean Accuracy of Response - Blank Filling Test - All Groups
Collocation Types
Mean Accuracy of Response 
 
Figure 7.  Mean accuracy of response for the blank filling data 
 
4.2.1.3.2  Summary of the Results for the Blank Filling Data 
 
As with the essay and the translation data, the results for the blank 
filling data also lend partial support to Hypothesis 1.  The subjects' mean 
accuracy of response to Types 1. Noun Preposition, 11. SV(O) Preposition O, 24. 
SV(O) wh-word, 27. Verb Noun (creation), 33. Verb Adverb, 36. Preposition 
Determiner Noun, and 37. Phrasal Verb collocations, is consistent with the claim 
that differences in proficiency are positively related to differences in the 
 
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accuracy of collocation use, since the more proficient subjects in Group 3 are 
more accurate in the use of these collocations than subjects in Group 2 and 
Group 1.  Responses to Type 23. SV(O) Adverbial collocations partially confirm 
Hypothesis 1, since Groups 2 and 3 are more accurate than Group 1.  With 
respect to accuracy of responses to  Type 5. Adjective Preposition collocations, 
Groups 1 and 3 are significantly better than Group 2.  The results for Type 34. 
Noun Noun collocations are the only exception to the general direction of the 
blank filling data, since Group 1 students are significantly more accurate than 
students in Groups 2 and 3. 
 
Overall, the results for the blank filling data are in the predicted 
direction, that is, accuracy of response to collocational types increases with 
proficiency (see Table 32).