"Visibly Dissonant Cognition"

Thursday, November 8, 2007

GPACW 2007: SGML Text Analysis

John Laflin, DSU

Using SGML to analyze texts:

-macros+ could be used to analyze two passages--or two complete papers--side by side to see how statistically different the voices of the author could be

-analyzing passages from online discussions or blogs for word frequency to determine how well the students are grasping key concepts (terminology, e.g., ethos or chunking)

-analyzing passages from online discussions to see how frequently and in what ways students are contributing to minimum word counts

-is there a simple way to design these SGML analyses? how much time would it take for me to learn how to do this in an efficient and meaningful way?

-huge time commitment, but it seems worth it
-needs context to analyze keywords or meaning of discussion
-what's the learning curve?

see more: http://www.tei-c.org/index.xml

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