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> >From: Katherine Hall <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> >Date: 07 June 2001 03:47
> >Subject: liwc
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> >
> >Dear Ann
> >I wonder if your unit, or anyone you know, has had experience in
> >using a linguistic computer analysis programme called
> >'Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count' (by J Pennebaker and M
> >Francis)? What it does is count the number of words which fall into
> >68 pre-defined categories (e.g. the cognitive category finds
> >instances of 'because', 'thought' etc). You can also construct your
> >own categories too.
> >It is not really a qualitative tool as such but I am interested in using
> >it in a study I am doing looking at whether the use of fiction
> >enhances clinicians ability to reason about ethics. I am thinking it
> >may be a way of measuring change in their reasoning before and
> >after a writing task.
> >If you could give me any advice about this programme I would be
> >very very grateful.
LIWC is a program that counts these pre-defined categories, similar
programs are Diction and MCCA, the number of categories differ a lot.
The authors of LIWC and Diction are both psychologists at the University
of Texas in Austin. For more information point your browser to
http://www.intext.de/textanae.html and find much more text analysis
programs, links to the authors/developers/distributors and a
classification of software.
Hope this helps
Harald
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Dr. Harald Klein
Social Science Consulting
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Germany
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