From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:30:16 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
      
   > "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2005.10.21.08.49.14.860838@edenroad.demon.co.uk...   
   >> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:15:40 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
   >   
   > DM wrote:   
      
   >> You're still confusing anecdotal data (which is what we're talking about),   
   >> with the kind of "qualitative data" that makes its way into databases.   
   >>   
   >> The two are not the same.   
   >   
   > For the LAST fucking time! -- *any* amount (be it a scrap or a mountain) of   
   > anecdotal data can be analyzed qualitatively.   
      
   But not, yet, by computers.  As far as I know the natural language   
   processing required to do this simply isn't available yet.   
      
   Oh sure, you can do keyword searches (as they do in the example Janice   
   provided from dream research); but large-scale semantic analysis is not,   
   as far as I know, being performed anywhere.   
      
   >> This is the third time I've asked you for this information, I think the   
   >> obvious conclusion, that you're unable to produce the goods, it becoming   
   >> fairly apparent.   
   >   
   > No sir:  I've conducted the surveys (with the assistance of teams of other   
   > individuals.)  I've analyzed the non-quantitative data (quantitative being   
   > Likert scale, standard devs, etc.) and translated the results into its own   
   > quantitative data (which was kept *separate* from the standard quantitative   
   > data results.)   
      
   None of which has _anything_ to do with large-scale analysis of anecdotal   
   data.   
      
   Read it back to yourself "_I've_ analysed the non-quantitative data"   
      
   What was the form of this "non-quantitative" data?   
   How did _you_ analyse it?   
      
   > I'm simply not going to divulge the information gleaned, as   
   > I'm not at liberty to discuss it.   
      
   We're not asking you to do so, just to prove that what you're describing   
   is what you've said it is: large scale analysis of anecdotal data.   
      
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