EpiBlogue
Main Entry: epiblogue
Function: noun

Date: 21st century

Etymology: Net English epi- + blog, from Middle English epiloge, from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say -- more at LEGEND

: an afterthought posted online

 

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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
New York Times :: SAT Essay Test Rewards Length and Ignores Errors
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[Dr. Perelman] was stunned by how complete the correlation was between length and score. "I have never found a quantifiable predictor in 25 years of grading that was anywhere near as strong as this one," he said.


I think I found the site that actually does the grading:

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 9:41 AM

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