A conceptual framework for quantitative text analysis: On joining probabilities and substantive inferences about texts

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-274

  Roberts, Carl W ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Instrumental versus representational; Network; Quantitative methods; Semantic grammar; Text analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238834     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004780007748     Document Type: Article

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