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Table .4 .shows that the twenty-four Physics
made 126 wbt and i rg errors, in the translation of
students
twelve
specific texts in which 222 ngps were found; the average
of
error rate per student, in each ngp, of this group-was 2,42%;
the Nursing Group translated fourteen specific texts, with
a
total
of 344 ngps, and made 113 wbt and i rg errors; the average
of error rate per student, in each ngp, was 0,95%.
The average of error rates per student, in each ngp,
of the Physics Group was 1,52%, in the non-specific
texts, and
2,42%, in the specific ones. The Nursing Group presented an
average of error rates per student, in each ngp, of 0,91%,
in
the non-specific texts, and 0,95%, in the specific
ones.
To verify whether there was any
significant
discrepancy between the average of error rates per student, in
each ngp, in the specific texts and the average of error rates
per student, in each ngp, in the non-specific
ones, in each
group of students, the 't' test of Student 21 , to detect
differences in the averages, was applied. We have assumed that
the interpretation of ngps in the specific texts was easier for
each group of students, since those texts are related to
students' academic fields. The first sample C n -¡ ) wa s formed by
the non-specific texts from which the average (x^) of error
rates per student, in each ngp, as well as the standard deviation
Cs-j) were estimated. The second sample was formed by the
specific
texts (n 2 ) from which the average (x 2 ) of error rates per student,
in each ngp, and the standard deviation (s 2 ) of the error rates
were estimated 22 .
The test mentioned above was applied to the
Physics