Written-communication skills significantly correlate with vibe-coding performance, but the association does not remain significant after controlling for domain-general cognitive ability¶

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Evidence · 2 studies · 2 associational r2 · q3
Currency · no dated study recorded · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Writing skills correlate positively with vibe-coding performance (r = 0.290, p = .003). → zero-corr q3 i? After controlling for cognitive ability, the writing–vibe coding partial correlation is no longer statistically significant (r = 0.186, p = .066). → partial-corr

Evidence¶

zero-corr¶

Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Theo B. Weidmann, and Zhendong Su. 2026. Computer Science Achievement and Writing Skills Predict Vibe Coding Proficiency. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26). https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791666

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Pearson correlation matrix (Table 3a) from the N = 100 cross-sectional study shows the writing–vibe association: "Vibe0.386(p<.001)0.352(p<.001)0.290(p= .003)", where 0.290 (p = .003) is the writing–vibe correlation. Only correlations and p-values are printed.

"Vibe0.386(p<.001)0.352(p<.001)0.290(p= .003)"

partial-corr¶

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Partial correlations controlling for cognitive ability (Table 3b) in the same study show the writing–vibe association drops to "0.186(p= .066)", no longer significant at α = .05; equivalence was not tested. The CS partial (0.281, p = .005) remains significant.

"Vibe0.281(p= .005)0.186(p= .066)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Communication Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Writing Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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`id`	`writing-skills-correlate-with-vibe-coding`
`title`	`Written-communication skills significantly correlate with vibe-coding performance, but the association does not remain significant after controlling for domain-general cognitive ability`
`description`	`Written-communication skills significantly correlate with vibe-coding performance, but the association does not remain significant after controlling for domain-general cognitive ability`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`mixed`
`source_checked`	`2026-10-20`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-11`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `zero-corr`, `partial-corr`

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