LIWC Validation Study: The OSLO I Accords

• In Event: Negotiating Agreements in Private and Public Domains

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to outline a validation strategy for new LIWC dictionaries. Following Donohue & Druckman (2009), six new dictionaries of words tapping constructs of power, affiliation, backward, forward, trust and mistrust were developed and validated by comparing them to previous coder ratings. Only forward-looking emerged as a significant correlate with the forward looking coder rating across all data reduction techniques and the full word list. Implications of this process are discussed.

Authors

• William Donohue, Michigan State University

• Yuhua (Jake) Liang, Michigan State University

• Daniel Druckman, George Mason University