Chapter 4
Quantitative analyses
Article outline
- 4.1Research design
- 4.1.1Materials
- 4.1.2Data selection
- 4.1.3Research tools and reference lists
- 4.1.4Data analysis
- 4.2Analysis of receptive vocabulary load and other quantitative comparisons
- 4.2.1Receptive vocabulary load of definitions
- 4.2.1.1Coverage of definitions by Base Lists: learners’ dictionaries
- 4.2.1.2Coverage of definitions by Base Lists: native-speaker dictionaries
- 4.2.2Receptive vocabulary load of DV lists
- 4.2.2.1Coverage of DV lists by Base Lists
- 4.3Similarity of content
- 4.3.1Size of the lists
- 4.3.2HCA: Similarities between the lists
- 4.3.3Overlapping and unique items
- 4.3.4The Core Defining Vocabulary
- 4.3.5Multiword items
- 4.3.6Word-building elements
- 4.4Conclusions
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Notes