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When Small Words Foretell Academic Success: The Case of College Admissions Essays

The smallest and most commonly used words in English are pronouns, articles, and other function words. Almost invisible to the reader or writer, function words can reveal ways people think and approach topics. A computerized text analysis of over 50,000 college admissions essays from more than 25,00...

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Autores principales: Pennebaker, James W., Chung, Cindy K., Frazee, Joey, Lavergne, Gary M., Beaver, David I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115844