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In recent decades, some authors have proposed rejecting Cronbach's alpha (α) coefficient (1951) to adopt McDonald's omega (ω) coefficient (1985, 1999) which is based on a factor analysis model. After presenting some inherent limits of the α, this article follows two aims : (i) understanding the theoretical logic behind omega coefficients and (ii) presenting ω coefficients' specificities regarding their computation method. To this end, we identify conditions for the use of the different forms of ω (total or hierarchical, with an EFA or CFA). An example of analysis and recommendations are suggested to better argue the score reliability.
Keywords: oméga, fidélité des scores, modèle d'analyse factorielle, adéquation des données, omega, reliability of scores, factor analysis model, model fit, ómega, fidelidade das pontuações, modelo de análise fatorial, adequação dos dados
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When the Bibliographie d'études comparées des littératures canadienne, québécoise et étrangères / Bibliography of Comparative Studies in Canadian, Québec and Foreign Literatures (CCL Bibliography) was first published on-line in 1995 at the Université de Sherbrooke, the researchers were unable to handle the necessary technology. Consequently, the first on-line attempts fell short of the target. This state of affairs changed however in 2002 when the CCL Bibliography enabled access to its data using the PHP-MySQL script and the Apache Web server, using a research model based on open source code and a new approach to the on-line publication of a bibliography about literature.Even though the research has stayed the same, since 2002 the work process and publication methods have changed. The researchers at CCL currently develop the electronic bibliography using phpMyAdmin, an on-line MySQL interface, thereby eliminating considerable technological requirements. The electronic publication allows for the publication of paper formats using MySQL. This article constitutes a preliminary report and is an example of the amplification of Open Source in the transition from hard copy to the electronic format for the CCL project.
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This paper presents a methodological reflection comparing various automated data processing techniques, approaches, and methods. It promotes the use of various types of software while working on textual data, explains how results of software can be used as data in different settings and promotes an experimental approach in atextometrical or lexicometrical field.
Keywords: Lexicométrie, statistique textuelle, méthode, visualisation, Lexicometry, Data Analysis, Method, Visualization
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AbstractA study of the case law regarding French language use on the Internet during 1996 and 1997 demonstrates that, far from being a non-legal issue, the network requires juridical boundaries. For example, the exercise of freedom of expression highlights the fact that French law can be applied to the Internet as it does to other vehicles of communication, regardless of the continuing ambiguity surrounding legal provision in this area. As to intellectual rights, in the French context, a judge is obliged to respect existing legal texts as well as the liberal spirit of the network.
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