The Computation of Style: An Introduction to Statistics for Students of Literature and HumanitiesElsevier, 22 okt 2013 - 186 pagina's Each year more and more scholars are becoming aware of the importance of the statistical study of literary texts. The present book is the first elementary introduction in English for those wishing to use statistical techniques in the study of literature. Unlike other introductions to statistics, it specifically emphasizes those techniques most useful in literary contexts and gives examples of their application from literary and linguistic material. The text is aimed at those with the minimum of mathematical background and gives exercises for the student and relevant statistical tables. |
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... column, with the class of ten-letter words at the top and the class of one-letter words at the bottom, and put the column on the 16 The Computation of Style.
... column, with the class of ten-letter words at the top and the class of one-letter words at the bottom, and put the column on the 16 The Computation of Style.
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... column on the left-hand side of the page. We then go through our list of measurements and each time we meet a three-letter word we put a tick against the three-letter class; each time we meet a four-letter word we put a tick against the ...
... column on the left-hand side of the page. We then go through our list of measurements and each time we meet a three-letter word we put a tick against the three-letter class; each time we meet a four-letter word we put a tick against the ...
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... columns of numbers. Again, in constructing a frequency distribution such as the above, it is not necessary first to ... column to obtain the total number of cases, in this case the total number of words in the passage. Many things are ...
... columns of numbers. Again, in constructing a frequency distribution such as the above, it is not necessary first to ... column to obtain the total number of cases, in this case the total number of words in the passage. Many things are ...
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... of each word, we put a cross in the column corresponding to the number given by the count, starting at the bottom and working upwards with each new cross. The result will be 2O IÇ C % X 3. § : § C. 24 The Computation of Style.
... of each word, we put a cross in the column corresponding to the number given by the count, starting at the bottom and working upwards with each new cross. The result will be 2O IÇ C % X 3. § : § C. 24 The Computation of Style.
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Inhoudsopgave
1 | |
15 | |
Chapter 3 Measures of Central Tendency | 33 |
Chapter 4 Measures of Variability | 51 |
Chapter 5 The Measurability of Literary Phenomena | 61 |
Chapter 6 Correlation and Bivariate Distributions | 73 |
Chapter 7 From Sample to Population | 89 |
Chapter 8 Testing for Significance | 105 |
Chapter 9 The Comparison of Means | 121 |
Chapter 10 The Analysis of Variance | 127 |
Chapter 11 Theoretical Distributions and the Theory of Sampling | 137 |
12 The Practice of Literary Sampling | 161 |
Index | 175 |
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analysis of variance approximation authorship binomial distribution binomial probability central tendency chapter coefficient column confidence limits contingency table correlation corresponding count cumulative frequency equal estimate Exercise expected values formula frequency distribution frequency polygon given graph groups histogram illustrate instance interquartile range interval istics length of words less mean square measure of central median Mendenhall mode normal curve normal distribution nouns null hypothesis number of items number of words occur pair passage population parameter population proportion possible outcomes probable error quartile random sample rank relationship represent Rhetoric to Alexander sample mean sample proportion sampling distribution scores sentences significance testing simple skew spade squared deviation standard deviation standard error statistical significance statisticians style stylistic stylometry sum of squares techniques three-letter words tion total number variables variation verbs whole number word-length words in letters X-axis z-score z-test