Paragraphs vs Sentences

[Anonymous]

Hi,

how does the program distinguish paragraphs and sentences?

Sentences by the use of punctuation I assume, but how does it recognize paragraphs in a txt file? Indents?

[Anonymous]

Dear Koichi,
I'd like to know what's the difference between '' paragraph'' and '' sentences'' options  in Multi Dimensional Scaling of word, Correspondance analysis and the other types of results.
Thanks for your answer.

[HIGUCHI Koichi]

As written in section A.5.8 of the manual:

when assessing the similarity of occurrence between words, whether these words appear frequently in the same “document” serves as the basis for analysis. Thus, the results of analysis depend heavily on the range of a single document or tabulating unit. In this step, caution should be used when deciding whether a “document” is a paragraph or larger unit, like a chapter or article. If “Paragraphs” is selected, then the tabulation is performed in paragraphs, and groups of words frequently appearing in the same paragraph are evaluated as having a similar appearance pattern. Similarly, when tabulating in units of “sentence”, words that frequently appear in the same sentence have a similar appearance pattern.

If there is a "new line" character, KH Coder recognize that new "paragraph" starts.