This book discusses the application of various statistical methods to texts, rather than numbers, in various fields in behavioral science. It proposes an approach where quantitative methods are applied to data whereas previously such data were analyzed only by qualitative research methods. To emphasize the quantitative aspects of semantics, and the possibilities of conducting scientific interferences, the book introduces the concept of statistical semantics and presents the rea...
Innehållsförteckning
Part I. Methods.- Chapter 1. Introduction to Statistical Semantics; Ricardo Olmos.- Chapter 2. What is Meaning?; Johan Willander.- Chapter 3. Preparing Corpus f...
Om författaren
Sverker Sikström has the professorship of cognitive psychology, and the chair of the cognitive division, at Lund University. His earlier work included neural network ...