1st Edition
Text Analysis for the Social Sciences Methods for Drawing Statistical Inferences From Texts and Transcripts
Edited By Carl W. Roberts
Copyright 1997
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides descriptions and illustrations of cutting-edge text analysis methods for communication and marketing research; cultural, historical-comparative, and event analysis; curriculum evaluation; psychological diagnosis; language development research; and for any research in which statistical inferences are drawn from samples of texts. Although the book is accessible to readers having... Read more
Contents: C.W. Roberts, Introduction. G. Shapiro, J.Markoff, A Matter of Definition. Part I:Methodologies. P.J. Stone, Thematic Text Analysis: New Agendas for Analyzing Text Context. C.W. Roberts, Semantic Text Analysis: On the Structure of Linguistic Ambiguity in Ordinary Discourse. K.M. Carley, Network Text Analysis: The Network Position of Concepts. Part II:Applications. W.A. Danielson, D.L. Lasorsa, Perceptions of Social Change: 100 Years of Front-Page Content in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. L.A. Gottschalk, The Unobtrusive Measurement of Psychological States and Traits. R. Franzosi, Labor Unrest in the Italian Service Sector: An Application of Semantic Grammars. S. Savaiano, P.A. Schrodt, Environmental Change and Conflict: Analyzing the Ethiopian Famine of 1984-85. E.M. Eltinge, Assessing the Portrayal of Science as a Process of Inquiry in High School Biology Textbooks: An Application of Linguistic Content Analysis. M.E. Palmquist, K.M. Carley, T.A. Dale, Applications of Computer-Aided Text Analysis: Analyzing Literary and Nonliterary Texts. J. Kleinnijenhuis, J.A. de Ridder, E.M. Rietberg, Reasoning In Economic Discourse: An Application of the Network Approach to the Dutch Press. R. Popping, Computer Programs for the Analysis of Texts and Transcripts. Part III:Prospects. G. Shapiro, The Future of Coders: Human Judgments in a World of Sophisticated Software. R. Bechtel, Developments in Computer Science With Application to Text Analysis. A.L. Baker, Text Analysis and Natural Language Database Systems. C.W. Roberts, A Theoretical Map for Selecting Among Text Analysis Methods.
Biography
Carl W. Roberts
