Table 4 Normal distribution results through skewness and kurtosis values of the four groups.

From: The use of interactional metadiscourse markers by Saudi EFL male and female college students: the case of a gender-sensitive topic

Groups

Variables

N

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

Skewness

Kurtosis

Males favoring male writers

Boosters

39

2.00

19.00

11.26

4.284

0.275

−0.531

Attitude markers

39

7.00

21.00

13.77

3.943

−0.150

−0.866

Hedges

39

2.00

17.00

7.56

3.676

0.615

−0.206

Engagement markers

39

0.00

14.00

2.95

3.034

1.606

3.201

Self-mentions

39

0.00

18.00

3.51

3.973

1.939

4.338

Score

39

3.75

25.00

17.44

6.413

−0.491

−0.873

Males in favour of female writers

Boosters

20

3.00

36.00

15.20

8.691

1.186

1.065

Attitude markers

20

4.00

31.00

18.10

7.966

−0.059

−0.977

Hedges

20

4.00

22.00

10.35

4.998

0.762

0.193

Engagement markers

20

0.00

12.00

3.70

2.886

1.385

2.326

Self-mentions

20

0.00

9.00

3.75

3.177

0.505

−1.138

Score

20

3.75

23.25

15.70

5.849

−1.078

−0.012

Females in favour of male drivers

Boosters

19

9.00

38.00

20.68

7.959

0.370

−0.527

Attitude markers

19

14.00

53.00

29.79

10.649

0.842

0.842

Hedges

19

5.00

23.00

13.47

5.348

0.047

−1.073

Engagement markers

19

0.00

12.00

3.42

2.795

1.527

3.905

Self-mentions

19

0.00

15.00

4.47

4.414

1.365

1.153

Score

19

7.75

25.00

17.95

4.449

−0.455

0.138

Females favouring female divers

Boosters

66

7.00

46.00

22.82

7.870

0.287

−0.009

Attitude markers

66

3.00

40.00

22.35

6.918

−0.054

0.702

Hedges

66

2.00

21.00

9.42

4.427

0.510

−0.147

Engagement markers

66

0.00

13.00

2.88

3.000

1.950

3.649

Self-mentions

66

0.00

13.00

5.65

3.466

0.573

−0.590

Score

66

11.50

23.50

18.38

3.048

−0.529

−0.629