scholarly journals Lukijat sanaston monimuotoisuutta määrittämässä

Virittäjä ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Honko ◽  
Scott Jarvis ◽  
Seppo Vainio
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Rating Task ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Lexical Diversity ◽  
Construct Definition ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Definition Of

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan leksikaalisen diversiteetin eli tekstin sanastollisen monimuotoisuuden rakentumista. Tavoitteena on esitellä leksikaalisen diversiteetin tutkimuksen metodiikkaa ja osoittaa sen potentiaali kielitaidon arvioinnin välineenä. Tutkimuksessa selvitetään, kuinka yksilöllisiä arvioijien käsitykset tietyn tekstin sanastollisesta monimuotoisuudesta ovat, missä määrin arvioijien käsityksiä voidaan selittää tekstien sanastollisilla piirteillä ja mitkä näistä piirteistä ovat käsitysten selittäjinä tärkeimpiä. Artikkelissa leksikaalista diversiteettiä tutkitaan tekstejä ja niiden tulkintaa vertailemalla. Aineisto koostuu koululaisten kirjoittamista kertomusteksteistä ja aikuisten lukijoiden teksteille antamista sanastollisen monimuotoisuuden arvioista. Kunkin tekstin (yht. 60) arvioi 23 arvioijaa, joiden vastausten yhdenmukaisuutta tarkasteltiin tilastollisesti. Tämän jälkeen selvitettiin tätä tutkimusta varten rakennetun tilastollisen mallin avulla, millaisiin sanastollisiin piirteisiin inhimilliset arvioijat kiinnittävät huomiota tekstien sanastollista monimuotoisuutta arvioidessaan. Tulokset osoittavat, että arvioijien käsitykset yksittäisten tekstien sanastollisesta monimuotoisuudesta ovat hyvin yhdenmukaisia (Cronbachin alfa = 0,959). Arviointien luotettavuutta lisää se, että arvioitavien tekstien suuresta määrästä huolimatta kaikki arvioijat suorittivat tehtävän loppuun saakka eikä arviointilinja olennaisesti muuttunut tehtävän aikana. Leksikaalisen diversiteetin määrittelyn kannalta on olennaista, että tekstien yksittäisistä sanastollisista muuttujista neljä riittää selittämään lähes kolme neljäsosaa (n. 73 %) arvioiden vaihtelusta. Tutkitun aineiston perusteella lukijoiden tulkinta tekstin sanastollisesta monimuotoisuudesta tukeutuu vahvasti 1) tekstin eri sanojen määrään (runsaus), 2) tietyn sanan esiintymien välisiin etäisyyksiin tekstissä (sironta), 3) sanojen laatuun (erityisyys) sekä 4) tekstin sanastolliseen tiheyteen (vaihtelevuus), joka perustuu uusien sanojen tasaiseen ilmaantumiseen tekstissä.   Readers’ perceptions of lexical diversity: Examining lexical diversity at the interface between quantitative and qualitative research This article examines the construct of lexical diversity while focusing on research methodology and the potential for lexical diversity to be used as an index of language proficiency. The study gives attention to questions of inter-rater reliability, the effects of texts’ lexical characteristics on raters’ lexical diversity ratings, and which set of features best accounts for raters’ perceptions of lexical diversity. The present study focuses on lexical diversity in Finnish, and it does this by comparing the lexical characteristics of texts with how they are perceived. The data consists of narrative texts written by school children, as well as lexical diversity ratings assigned to the same texts by adult raters. Each text (n = 60) was rated by 23 raters, whose ratings were tested statistically for inter-rater reliability. A regression model was then used to investigate which lexical features the raters relied on while assessing the texts’ levels of lexical diversity. The results show that the raters’ lexical diversity ratings were highly consistent with one another (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.959). Despite the large number of texts they were asked to rate, all raters rated each of the 60 texts, and their intra-rater consistency remained high from the beginning to the end of the rating task. The results have important implications for the construct definition of lexical diversity: of all the lexical features examined in the present study, four alone suffice to account for nearly three quarters (roughly 73%) of the variance in the ratings. The results suggest that raters’ perceptions of lexical diversity are strongly associated with 1) the number of different words in a text (abundance), 2) the intervals between occurrences of the same word (dispersion), 3) the semantic quality of individual words in the text (specialness) and 4) the overall degree of repetitiveness in the text (variety).  

scholarly journals EVALUASI KUALITAS SKRIPSI DI JURUSAN PAI FITK IAIN SURAKARTA

INFERENSI ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Purwanto Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Student Thesis

This study aimed to start an effort to evaluate the quality of thesis institutionally. The purpose of this study is to determine the quality of the thesis and determine the achievement of the quality of the thesis as a research work. This study is a descriptive evaluation. The study was conducted at the Department of PAI FITK IAIN Surakarta. The results showed several things. First, the majority of PAI student thesis in 2012 used qualitative research methods. Second, the quality of PAI student thesis in 2012 were generally good, on the thesis that uses quantitative and qualitative research methods. Third, the thesis uses quantitative research methods have a higher quality index than the thesis that uses qualitative research methods. Fourth, for the thesis used quantitative research methods showing the low quality of the elements present in the background of the problem and framework of thinking. Fifth, for the thesis used qualitative research methods showing the low quality of the elements contained in the title of the study andbackground of the problem

scholarly journals MORAL COMPETENCY OF GRADE 8 AND 9 STUDENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Inese Augškalne ◽  
Beatrise Garjāne
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Declarative Knowledge ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Moral Competency ◽  
Personal Competencies ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Sustainability of society demands diversified and balanced development of one’s personality with morality-based quality of knowledge and skills. This can be achieved by respecting the mission of education, namely, to facilitate integrity of social and personal competencies. The goal of the study is to highlight the understanding of teachers and parents about ethical views and moral competency of the young people. The article reveals views of teenagers about values of people and life, about human beings and their obligations. The study combined the quantitative and qualitative research methods, and included content analysis of research documents, surveys and data of pedagogical observations. Moral opinions expressed by the students in the framework of the study reveal that their views on human beings, their obligations towards themselves and society are superficial and declarative. Knowledge about morality and values is notional; therefore, it does not act as motivation for civic action. Moral competency, which is based on relativism, is not complete.  

scholarly journals Evaluasi Mutu Gabah Pamekasan Madura Jawa Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Iswahyudi Iswahyudi ◽  
Sustiyana Sustiyana ◽  
Lia Kristiana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grain Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
Pests And Diseases ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Quality Grade

Pamekasan Regency is one of the rice-producing areas in Madura. The problem which is the main subject of this research is how the quality of farmer grain quality in Pamekasan Regency. The study aimed to analyze the quality of Pamekasan Regency grain. This type of research is descriptive - quantitative, namely the type of research that combines quantitative and qualitative research. The analysis states that Pamekasan grain has a quantitative percentage of an empty grain of 0.9%, 3.2% green/lime grains, 18.6% yellow/damaged grains, and 0.3% red grains. It also fulfills the requirements for grain quality qualitative consisting of four characters, namely: 1) free of pests and diseases, 2) free of foul odors, acids and other odors, 3) free of chemicals and residual fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides, and 4) unhusked rice so that it has met the requirements of SNI quality grade grain quality standards II.

scholarly journals Lyrical prose and the ritualistic: Lyricality as an interpretative lens for analysing C. C. Krijgelmans’s short story “Homunculi”

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. s105-s125
Author(s):  
Nele Janssens
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Short Story Collection ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Lyrical Poetry ◽  
Story Collection ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Narrative Conventions

AbstractHomunculi (1967) is the first short story collection by the Flemish-Belgian experimental writer Claude C. Krijgelmans. The stories challenge narrative conventions. The title story of the collection mainly experiments with formal conventions: it foregrounds rhythmic repetition and musicality, and deviates from grammatical rules. These features are conventionally associated with lyrical poetry, rather than with narrative texts. Moreover, the text thematises rituals, which hints at the presence of a ritualistic quality that is often linked with lyrical texts. This article focuses on the lyrical elements in “Homunculi” and associates them with the ritualistic. I define lyricality as a literary mode that consists of lyrical tendencies, which can be realised in different ways. The ritualistic quality associated with this mode can be defined as a recurrent combination of lyrical tendencies. The ritualistic involves both semantic and formal aspects. Semantically, it is characterised as an impersonal quality of language. Formally, the ritualistic is memorable, non-representational language. The focus on lyricality enables a working definition of the ritualistic. Approaching “Homunculi” with lyricality as an interpretative lens has theoretical as well as analytical advantages. First, it situates the prose text in a wider tradition of lyrical, ritualistic texts. Next, the focus on lyricality reveals new interpretative possibilities for “Homunculi”. Against that background, this paper demonstrates the need for a narratology that considers the interaction between narrativity and other modes, like lyricality.

scholarly journals Trends in qualitative research in language teaching since 2000

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Richards
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Published Research

This paper reviews developments in qualitative research in language teaching since the year 2000, focusing on its contributions to the field and identifying issues that emerge. Its aims are to identify those areas in language teaching where qualitative research has the greatest potential and indicate what needs to be done to further improve the quality of its contribution. The paper begins by highlighting current trends and debates in the general area of qualitative research and offering a working definition of the term. At its core is an overview of developments in the new millennium based on the analysis of papers published in 15 journals related to the field of language teaching and a more detailed description, drawn from a range of sources, of exemplary contributions during that period. Issues of quality are also considered, using illustrative cases to point to aspects of published research that deserve closer attention in future work, and key publications on qualitative research practice are reviewed.

How operationalizations of word types affect measures of lexical diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Jarvis ◽  
Brett James Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Lexical Diversity ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Word Families ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
The Mean

Abstract This study tests three measures of lexical diversity (LD), each using five operationalizations of word types. The measures include MTLD (measure of textual lexical diversity), MTLD-W (moving average MTLD with wrap-around measurement), and MATTR (moving average type-token ratio). Each of these measures is tested with types operationalized as orthographic forms, lemmas using automated POS tags, lemmas using manually corrected POS tags, flemmas (list-based lemmas that do not distinguish between parts of speech), and word families. These measures are applied to 60 narrative texts written in English by adolescent native speakers of English (n = 13), Finnish (n = 31), and Swedish (n = 16). Each individual LD measure is evaluated in relation to how well it correlates with the mean LD ratings of 55 human raters whose inter-rater reliability was exceedingly high (Cronbach’s alpha = .980). The overall results show that the three measures are comparable but two of the operationalizations of types produce mixed results across measures.

scholarly journals Exploring a Fourth Space for Composition Studies Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Baker ◽  
◽  
Patrick Bizzaro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Composition Studies ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Core Composition ◽  
Part Structure ◽  
Definition Of

The research methods landscape has the potential to be quite diverse. However, the paradigmatic battles between the two empirical research camps (quantitative and qualitative) and the more recent embracement of mixed-methods research has narrowly focused many fields’ attention, including that of composition studies, away from other sorts of useful methods, such as theoretical research. To address this, this sequential two-part study compares and contrasts the (a) purpose, (b) instruments, (c) data, and (d) structure of quantitative and qualitative research. Drawing on this four-part structure, this study advances composition studies research methods literature by posing and testing a definition of theoretical research through an examination of full-length core composition studies texts (N = 12). The article concludes by explaining the study’s relevance to the field and offering directions for future research.

Immunoferritin localization of intracellular antigens in positively stained frozen sections

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-169
Author(s):  
K. T. Tokuyasu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Thin Layers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Staining ◽  
Frozen Sections ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ultrathin Frozen Sections ◽  
Definition Of

During the past investigations of immunoferritin localization of intracellular antigens in ultrathin frozen sections, we found that the degree of negative staining required to delineate u1trastructural details was often too dense for the recognition of ferritin particles. The quality of positive staining of ultrathin frozen sections, on the other hand, has generally been far inferior to that attainable in conventional plastic embedded sections, particularly in the definition of membranes. As we discussed before, a main cause of this difficulty seemed to be the vulnerability of frozen sections to the damaging effects of air-water surface tension at the time of drying of the sections.Indeed, we found that the quality of positive staining is greatly improved when positively stained frozen sections are protected against the effects of surface tension by embedding them in thin layers of mechanically stable materials at the time of drying (unpublished).

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