[Corpora-List] Bootstrap in linguistics

[CRuehlemann at aol.com]

Dear all, 
It is not uncommon in quantitative corpus linguistic studies that a  
significance test cannot be performed either because one cannot juxtapose the  
distribution of a variable against the distribution of another comparable  
variable or against a specific distribution (e.g. normal distribution,  
exponential, etc.) or against an a priory stipulated value. To  nonetheless assess 
whether the distribution in the sample is simply due to  chance or a 
reflection of the true distribution in the population, statisticians  often use the 
bootstrap method. This method is a resampling method: from the  sample, a 
large number of resamples are drawn randomly and with  replacement. 
Is anyone aware of any (corpus) linguistic study/studies which has/have  
used this method? 
Many thanks in advance 
Chris
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