What Data Analysis Can Tell Us About Literature: Using JMP to Study Literary Trends

What is JMP and why might those in the humanities want to know about it? With the increasing availability of digital texts, scholars now have the opportunity to study trends in literary development on scales not possible before. One way for studying these trends is through the use of statistical packages like JMP. Those in attendance will learn how to run and interpret three tests offered in JMP that have been found to yield compelling results with literary data.