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the exponents of (m) and h.
5.6. Statistical analysi s of wbt and i rg errors
To analyse
the role which the sequence of the
structural elements of English ngps has played in the translation
of texts applied to the Physics and the Nursing Groups, it has
been necessary to take into consideration the number of wbt and
i rg errors in relation to the other types which also
occurred
in the translation of
ngps.
At the end of the first semester of 1979,
i
twenty-four
'
students of Physics had transiated° 12 specific texts;
thirty-eight
Nursing students had translated 14 specific ones, in the same
period. At the beginning of the semester both groups of students
translated the same non-specific texts, which we have been
referring to as TC. Thus, the specific texts applied to both
groups of students were different but the two non-specific
ones
were the same, namely, EDUCATION
IN BRAZIL (TIC) and RACE AND
HEREDITY
(T2C).
To verify whether the number of wbt and i rg errors were
statistically significant in relation to the other types of errors
which also occurred in ngps, the test of proportion 25 was applied
to the two types of texts - specific and non-specific
ones;
although the Physics students and the Nursing ones have translated
the same two non-specific texts, we have decided to apply the
text of proportion to the results obtained from each group of
students separately, since we have been interested in verifying
the significance of wbt and i rg errors in the specific texts
as well as in the non-sepcific ones in each group of students.