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contingency table consists of 66 rows (adjective types) ! 16 columns (sub-disciplines of
applied linguistics and business studies). Table 6.5 below also indicates the four statistical
scores introduced in Section 5.3.3: correlation coefficient, eigen value, contribution ratio and
accumulated contribution ratio assigned for dimension 1 and dimension 2, all of which are
computed in the process of correspondence analysis. 28
TP (CT) about (66!16)
DN Dim1 Dim2
CC 0.793 0.762
EV 0.629 0.58
CB (%) 11.499 10.603
ACB (%) 11.499 22.102
Table 6.5. Four statistical scores in the correspondence analysis of A DJ about N
In Table 6.5, the correlation coefficient figures indicate that both tokens and types of
adjectives in A DJ about N are highly and positively associated with each sub-discipline.
These statistical scores (esp. eigen value) are computed into each column score (i.e. a score is
given to each sub-discipline) of Dimension 1 and 2, in order to visualize the interrelation
between each adjective type in the pattern A DJ about N and each sub-discipline of applied
linguistics and business studies. The results of this process are given in Table 6.6.
ALC
BC
Dim1 Dim2 Dim1 Dim2
LCG -0.593 -0.063 BAC -1.159 0.651
LCP 0.223 -0.495 BEC -0.753 0.821
LES 0.065 -0.665 BFI -0.613 0.235
LLL -0.025 0.346 BLA -0.747 -0.619
LSL 0.496 -0.328 BMN -0.392 -1.08
LSP -0.675 -0.618 BMK -0.478 1.676
LTS 0.106 -0.311 BSO -0.541 1.212
LTT 0.362 -0.083 BST 1.656 0.344
Table 6.6. Column scores (sub-discipline scores) based on principal coordinates
Based on the column scores in the table 6.6 above, each sub-discipline is projected in the two
dimensional plot below, which presents the positioning of 16 sub-disciplines in the use of the
28 As mentioned previously, TP = Type of Preposition, CT = Contingency Table, DN = Dimension Number, CC =
Correlation Coefficient, EV = Eigen Value, CB = Contribution (%), and ACB = Accumulated Contribution (%).
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