Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix

Coh-Metrix is among the broadest and most sophisticated automated textual assessment tools available today. Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix describes this computational tool, as well as the wide range of language and discourse measures it provides.

Section I of the book focuses on the theoretical perspectives that led to the development of Coh-Metrix, its measures, and empirical work that has been conducted using this approach.

Section II shifts to the practical arena, describing how to use Coh-Metrix and how to analyze, interpret, and describe results. Coh-Metrix opens the door to a new paradigm of research that coordinates studies of language, corpus analysis, computational linguistics, education, and cognitive science. This tool empowers anyone with an interest in text to pursue a wide array of previously unanswerable research questions.

AUTHORS: Danielle S. McNamara, Institute for Intelligent Systems, The University of Memphis, Arthur C. Graesser, Institute for Intelligent Systems, The University of Memphis, Philip M. McCarthy, Institute for Intelligent Systems, The University of Memphis, Zhiqiang Cai, Institute for Intelligent Systems, The University of Memphis.