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Various objections are raised against current practice in co-occurrence analysis. The use of Yule's coefficient Y is then advocated.
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Christian Delcourt is a senior lecturer in the Department of Romance Studies at the University of Lidge.
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Delcourt, C. About the statistical analysis of co-occurrence. Comput Hum 26, 21–29 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00114885
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