I am conducting a study using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) program. I am wondering what the minimum word requirement for the LIWC analysis? In the past, some reviewers suggest that a text sample should include >= 50 words to get a valid result, but I didn't see any literature supporting this claim. I also cannot find any info in the LIWC handbook. Could anyone please help?
Hello there, I tried the website that hosts the method of analysis that mentioned by you, it does not say anything about text length. If you are doing analysis of, say, the TTR (type-token ratio) of the text, definitely you have to pay special attention to text length, but given what measures Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count can give you, it seems that you do not have to worry about the length problem.
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