Response to Elliott and Valenza, "And Then There Were None.".

Foster, Donald W.

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ERIC Number: EJ571024

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Publication Date: 1996

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Response to Elliott and Valenza, "And Then There Were None."

Foster, Donald W.

Computers and the Humanities, v30 n3 p247-55 1996

Responds critically to Ward Elliott and Robert Valenza's computerized stylometric analyses of Shakespeare plays and purported Shakespearean materials. Argues that the Elliott-Valenza tests are deeply flawed, both in their design and execution. Claims that inconvenient data were ignored, control samples not identified, and unwarranted assumptions made about test validity. (DSK)

Descriptors: Authors, Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis, Drama, English Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Poetry, Poets, Research Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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