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Table 6 Correlation coefficient of question types and total number of questions to soundness and strength of argument constructed

From: Promoting productive argumentation through students' questions

Types of questions

Key inquiry

Basic information

Hypothesis

Total number of question asked

correlation to:

 soundness

−0.11 (0.84)

0.79 (0.06)

0.19 (0.72)

0.14 (0.80)

 strength

0.77 (0.06)

0.34 (0.51)

0.78 (0.06)

0.92 (0.01)

  1. Note: Numbers indicate Pearson correlation coefficient. Numbers in parentheses indicate p value