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Many university students are eager to use computers to analyze and compare texts and to do various kinds of computerized literary research. If students themselves cannot create the software they want to use, and if the desired software is not available from commercial sources, a professor can be of great assistance by writing computer programs for students. Fifteen professor-created programs for text analysis are described.
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Eric Johnson is the author of more than one hundred articles, papers, and monographs about computers, writing, and literature. He is Professor of English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Dakota State University.
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Johnson, E. Professor-created computer programs for student research. Comput Hum 30, 171–179 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419794
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419794