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LIWC2001. Diane Fitzpatrick Jennelle Franz. LIWC2001. L inguistic I nquiry and W ord C ount Built-in dictionary (but can input own) 2,300 words and word stems (words in multiple categories) Psychometric measurements 74 default categories Analyzes written samples and verbal transcripts.
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LIWC2001 Diane Fitzpatrick Jennelle Franz
LIWC2001 Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count • Built-in dictionary (but can input own) • 2,300 words and word stems (words in multiple categories) • Psychometric measurements • 74 default categories • Analyzes written samples and verbal transcripts LIWC2001
Getting Started LIWC2001
Choose categories LIWC2001
Subcategories LIWC2001
Open text file(s) LIWC2001
Voila! LIWC2001
Importing data into Excel • Delimited • Tab delimiters LIWC2001
Results in % Except LIWC2001
% of Words in Dictionary LIWC2001
Use of pronouns LIWC2001
Use in main categories vs. LIWC means % LIWC2001
Conclusions on Ebert • Not much variation in writing styles between reviews and blog • Highest --- Social Processes • Lowest --- Money & Financial Issues • Blogs --- Higher in • Cognitive Processes • Metaphysical Issues • Reviews --- Higher in • Affective Processes • Leisure Activity LIWC2001
MCCALite LIWC2001
General Overview Used mostly with transcripts and scripts (plays or screenplays) Can also be used with any open-ended questionnaire items (i.e. focus groups or interviews) or Likert scale items Measures word frequencies LIWC2001
General Overview/Output All words are divided into 116 idea categories Words are grouped into categories thought to be meaningful Word accounting & KWIC 2 types of normed scores E-Scores (Emphasis) C-Scores (Context) LIWC2001
E-Scores Scores can be positive or negative showing an over-emphasis or under-emphasis of words in the category LIWC2001
C-Scores Analysis of words across four social contexts Practical Traditional Emotional Analytic LIWC2001
Formatting Text files only Script format, includes… Each character line must start with “=” before the character name, then a space, followed by another “=”, then another space, and finally the character’s spoken line(s). Text must end with “$” LIWC2001
Example Hamlet = Hamlet = Now, mother, what's the matter? = Queen Gertrude = Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. = Hamlet = Mother, you have my father much offended. = Queen Gertrude = Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue. = Hamlet = Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue. = Queen Gertrude = Why, how now, Hamlet? = Hamlet = What's the matter now? = Queen Gertrude = Have you forgot me? = Hamlet = No, by the rood, not so! You are the Queen, your husband's brother's wife, And (would it were not so!) you are my mother. $ LIWC2001
Running MCCALite LIWC2001
Word Accounting/Frequency Results LIWC2001
KWIC Results • Right click to view • concordance. • Right click again to go • back to words. • Here, the word King is • used 4 times. LIWC2001
E-Score Results • The Gentleman is • very humorous as • compared to other • characters LIWC2001
C-Score Results • The character • Cornelius is a lot less • emotional than the • other characters LIWC2001