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...
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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. 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
Front Cover; The Computation of Style: An Introduction to Statistics for Students of Literature and Humanities; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Statistical Study of Literary Style; Chapter 2. Distributions and Graphs; Exercise 1; Solution to Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Solution to Exercise 2; Exercise 3; Solution to Exercise 3; Chapter 3. Measures of Central Tendency; Exercise 4; Answer to Exercise 4; Exercise 5; Exercise 6; Solution to Exercise 6; Exercise 7; Solution to exercise 7; Chapter 4. Measures of Variability; Exercise 8; Solution to Exercise 8; Exercise 9
Chapter 5. The Measurability of Literary PhenomenaExercise 10; Solution to Exercise 10; Chapter 6. Correlation and Bivariate Distributions; Exercise 11; Exercise 12; Chapter 7. From Sample to Population; Exercise 13; Exercise 14; Solution; Exercise 15; Solution: 4224; Chapter 8. Testing for Significance; Exercise 16; Exercise 17; Solution; Chapter 9. The Comparison of Means; Exercise 18; Chapter 10. The Analysis of Variance; Exercise 19; Chapter 11. Theoretical Distributions and the Theory of Sampling; Exercise 20; 12 The Practice of Literary Sampling; Index
