"I can't write": problems, factors, and recommendations

Why I write.

Signi cant Lexical Relationships

We describe a test that can be used to accurately assess the significance of a population model from a data sample using freely available software. We apply this test to the study of lexical relationships and demonstrate that the results obtained using this test are both theoretically more reliable and diierent from the results obtained using previous approaches.

Does It Matter With What I Write

This study builds on three previous studies (Russell, 1999; Russell & Haney,1997; Russell & Plati, 2001) to examine the effect administering extended composi-tion test items on paper, on computer or on a portable writing device has on studentperformance. This study employs writing items from the 1999 Massachusetts Com-prehensive Assessment System (MCAS) to examine the mode of ad...

cant Lexical Relationships

Statistical NLP inevitably deals with a large number of rare events As a consequence NLP data often vio lates the assumptions implicit in traditional statistical procedures such as signi cance testing We describe a signi cance test an exact conditional test that is appropriate for NLP data and can be performed us ing freely available software We apply this test to the study of lexical relations...

cAnt-MinerPB Classification Algorithm

Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms for classification in general employ a sequential covering strategy to create a list of classification rules. A key component in this strategy is the selection of the rule quality function, since the algorithm aims at creating one rule at a time using an ACObased procedure to search the best rule. Recently, an improved strategy has been proposed in the c...