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atistical Semantics Methods and Applications
Statistical Semantics
Sverker Sikström • Danilo Garcia Editors
Statistical Semantics Methods and Applications
Editors Sverker Sikström Department of Psychology Lund University Lund, Sweden
Danilo Garcia Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning Linköping University Linköping, Sweden Blekinge Center of Competence Region Blekinge Karlskrona, Sweden Department of Psychology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-030-37249-1 ISBN 978-3-030-37250-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37250-7
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Preface
When I, Sverker Sikström, took my first psychology class and got an assignment in which I and my classmates were asked to collect data, the professor told us not to ask participants for responses using their words. Use rating scales instead, he said, then you can input the data in your statistical program and do science. So I did, and so did my classmates. However, already at this point in time I reflected that there was something odd with this statement. Why should we not listen to and try to understand the meaning of the participants’ own words? After all, even the very statement of “not to use words” was communicated in words!? It took me a few decades of research experience before I could spell out and approach the
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