Use Python3 to run hw2.py:
If Python3 is your default interpreter, run python hw2.py or run
python3 hw2.py
If you have any questions about running this program, please contact jennifer dot harper @ucdenver.edu or ping me on the CPBS Slack channel.
Homework: type/token ratios
- Write a program to count the number of word tokens in a text file. Compare your output to a classmate’s. What decisions did you make differently regarding what counts as “a" token?
- Write a program to count the number of word types in a text file. Compare your output to a classmate’s. What decisions did you make differently regarding what counts as a type?
- As you have seen, type/token ratios are widely used in research in neurology, psychiatry, the social sciences, and the humanities. How could a researcher’s definitions of “type" and “token" affect whether or not they have a positive result to report?