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ERIC Number: EJ576448
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-426X
Neural Network Analysis of Student Essays.
McKnight, Katherine S.; Walberg, Herbert J.
Journal of Research and Development in Education, v32 n1 p26-31 Fall 1998
Explored the usefulness of Galileo, a computerized neural-network content analysis program, in analyzing 11th-grade students' essays on the problems of Chicago public schools and how to solve them. Without subjective coding or characterization of the essays, the program detected salient, meaningful patterns of statistically associated words that could be grouped into five categories. (SM)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis, Essays, Expository Writing, Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools, Writing Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Neural Networks