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Edited by Altahair Attia Adelkarim, Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 20:15

The first thing that I noticed about the categorisation of the comments was that it was broadly similar in areas to those I had made and others had shown, the actual detailed breakdown was less negative and more attempted answers ;

Table 3: Comparing ‘Ann Other’ Bales’s analysis by hand and by OpenMentor

Bales’s categories

Total number of comments categorised by hand

Total number of comments categorised by OpenMentor

Positive reactions

A1 Shows solidarity

A2 Shows tension release

A3 Shows agreement

 

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

Attempted answers

B1 Gives suggestion

B2 Gives opinion

B3 Gives information

 

3

1

0

 

2

2

3

Questions

C1 Asks for information

C2 Asks for opinion

C3 Asks for suggestion

 

1

0

0

 

0

0

0

Negative reactions

D1 Shows disagreement

D2 Shows tension

D3 Shows antagonism

 

6

0

0

 

1

0

0

It will be very interesting to see the breakdown from the rest of the group, but I could understand the reason for the computer assessments.

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