Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ189062
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Publication Date: 1978
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Automatic Text Analysis Based on Transition Phenomena of Word Occurrences
Pao, Miranda Lee
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 29, 3, 121-4, May 78
Describes a method of selecting index terms directly from a word frequency list, an idea originally suggested by Goffman. Results of the analysis of word frequencies of two articles seem to indicate that the automated selection of index terms from a frequency list holds some promise for automatic indexing. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Experiments, Indexing, Laws, Tables (Data), Word Frequency
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Language: English
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