Table 3 The Mann–Whitney U test results.

From: The construction of stance in English and Arabic newspaper editorials: a case study

 

The set of editorials

Mean rank

Sum of ranks

Mann–Whitney U

Z value

Sig

Hedges

Arabic

60.48

2419.00

1.000

−7.689

0.000a

English

20.53

821.00

Boosters

Arabic

20.50

820.00

0.000

−8.187

0.000a

English

60.50

2420.00

Attitude markers

Arabic

20.50

820.00

0.000

−8.187

0.000a

English

60.50

2420.00

Self-mentions

Arabic

53.65

2146.00

274.000

−5.880

0.000a

English

27.35

1094.00

Total Stance Features

Arabic

20.50

820.00

0.000

−7.713

0.000a

English

60.50

2420.00

  1. aThe mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.