English Statements Research Articles

A Multichannel High-Speed Data Acquisition and Processing System

A computer controlled data acquisition and processing system is described which acquires multiple-channel analog data at high sampling rates and stores the information on a digital magnetic tape. The system then processes the tape by deleting redundant data, making an arbitrary number of predetermined potentially complicated determinations about the data, and printing output results in full English statements. The system has been successfully interfaced with a number of one-shot test systems and centrifuges. It has resulted in considerably more accurate, prompt, and consistent data than previous methods employing galvanometric oscillographs.

A programming language for on-line control of psychological experiments

A problem-oriented computer programming language has been developed for on-line sequence control of psychological experimentation. The language consists of nested blocks of simple English statements whose function is to produce an Automated Contingency Translator (ACT) which periodically samples and updates up to eight independent time-shared experimental environments. Experimental procedures are mapped by the ACT compiler from the English statements into a probabilistic finite state network in list structure format. An independent operating system then executes the list structure automata: that is, runs the experiments, records and retrieves data, and admits low priority background programs in any available idle time.

Aural perception of different syntactic structures and lengths.

Eleven sets of 16 sentences, previously rated as natural English statements, were presented to two groups of listeners. Each set of sentences differed in syntactic structure and contained four sentences of each of four lengths : 8, 10, 12, and 14 words. The listeners heard the sentences either under a fixed condition of filtering or without filtering; their task was to write as much of each sentence as possible immediately after it was presented. The sentences were scored for the number of words correctly reproduced, and differences in aural perception among the various sentence types and lengths were tested on the basis of the derived intelligibility scores. The results of the study indicated that (1) perception of the sentences was affected by their syntactic structure and varied, depending upon the grammatical complexity of the statements as specified by a generative-transformational grammar ; (2) the sentences of 12 words were more easily perceived than were the sentences of the other lengths ; (3) no relationship was established between the relative perception of the various sentence structures and their degree of naturalness.

Aural Perception of Sentences of Different Syntactic Structures and Lengths

Eleven sets of 16 sentences, previously rated as natural English statements, were presented to two groups of listeners. Each set of sentences differed in syntactic structure and contained four sentences of each of four lengths: 8, 10, 12, and 14 words. The listeners heard the sentences either under a fixed condition of filtering or without filtering; their task was to write as much of each sentence as possible immediately after it was presented. The sentences were scored for the number of words correctly reproduced, and differences in aural perception among the various sentence types and lengths were tested on the basis of the derived intelligibility scores. The results of the study indicated that (1) perception of the sentences was affected by their syntactic structure and varied, depending upon the grammatical complexity of the statements as specified by a generative grammar; (2) the sentences of 12 words were more easily perceived than were the sentences of the other lengths; (3) no relationship was established between the relative perception of the various sentence structures and their degree of naturalhess.

Principles of administration

AbstractA comparison of American and English statements regarding principles of administrative organization andd practice.