Review paper

A non-parametric significance test to compare corpora

Volume: 14, Issue: 9, Pages: e0222703 - e0222703
Published: Sep 19, 2019
Abstract
Classical null hypothesis significance tests are not appropriate in corpus linguistics, because the randomness assumption underlying these testing procedures is not fulfilled. Nevertheless, there are numerous scenarios where it would be beneficial to have some kind of test in order to judge the relevance of a result (e.g. a difference between two corpora) by answering the question whether the attribute of interest is pronounced enough to warrant...
Paper Details
Title
A non-parametric significance test to compare corpora
Published Date
Sep 19, 2019
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
9
Pages
e0222703 - e0222703
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