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The perils of big data

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Abstract

The use of large amounts of data and the technologies to process them are characteristic of modern research. However, such practices come with risks of misleading the researcher. While there is much that could be said on this topic, here briefly is our cautionary tale to others, based on our direct experiences.

Abstract

The use of large amounts of data and the technologies to process them are characteristic of modern research. However, such practices come with risks of misleading the researcher. While there is much that could be said on this topic, here briefly is our cautionary tale to others, based on our direct experiences.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Theory and models 7
  5. On the impact of the initial phrase length on the position of enclitics in Old Czech 9
  6. Term distance, frequency and collocations 21
  7. A method for the comparison of general sequences via type-token ratio 37
  8. Quantitative analysis of syllable properties in Croatian, Serbian, Russian, and Ukrainian 55
  9. N -grams of grammatical functions and their significant order in the Japanese clause 69
  10. Linking the dependents 93
  11. Grammar efficiency and the One-Meaning–One-Form Principle 109
  12. Distribution and characteristics of commonly used words across different texts in Japanese 121
  13. Part II. Empirical studies 135
  14. The perils of big data 137
  15. From distinguishability to informativity 145
  16. A Modern Greek readability tool 163
  17. Phonological properties as predictors of text success 177
  18. Calculating the victory chances 195
  19. Topological mapping for visualisation of high-dimensional historical linguistic data 209
  20. Book genre and author’s gender recognition based on titles 225
  21. Quantitative analysis of bibliographic corpora 239
  22. Analysis of English text genre classification based on dependency types 257
  23. In memory of Gabriel Altmann 271
  24. Index 277
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.356.09emb

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Theory and models 7
  5. On the impact of the initial phrase length on the position of enclitics in Old Czech 9
  6. Term distance, frequency and collocations 21
  7. A method for the comparison of general sequences via type-token ratio 37
  8. Quantitative analysis of syllable properties in Croatian, Serbian, Russian, and Ukrainian 55
  9. N -grams of grammatical functions and their significant order in the Japanese clause 69
  10. Linking the dependents 93
  11. Grammar efficiency and the One-Meaning–One-Form Principle 109
  12. Distribution and characteristics of commonly used words across different texts in Japanese 121
  13. Part II. Empirical studies 135
  14. The perils of big data 137
  15. From distinguishability to informativity 145
  16. A Modern Greek readability tool 163
  17. Phonological properties as predictors of text success 177
  18. Calculating the victory chances 195
  19. Topological mapping for visualisation of high-dimensional historical linguistic data 209
  20. Book genre and author’s gender recognition based on titles 225
  21. Quantitative analysis of bibliographic corpora 239
  22. Analysis of English text genre classification based on dependency types 257
  23. In memory of Gabriel Altmann 271
  24. Index 277
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