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Psychometrics Manuals
Historically, one of the most important documents associated with LIWC has been the Psychometrics Manuals (sometimes referred to as "language manuals"). The psychometrics manual provides all of the crucial descriptive and statistical information about each of the measures provided by LIWC, such as statistical norms, example words in each category, and so on.
On this page, you can find all available LIWC Psychometrics Manuals, going back over 20 years.
LIWC-22
LIWC-22 Psychometrics Manual
Boyd, R. L., Ashokkumar, A., Seraj, S., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2022). The development and psychometric properties of LIWC-22. The University of Texas at Austin. https://www.liwc.app
LIWC-22 Descriptive Statistics and Norms
Boyd, R. L., Ashokkumar, A., Seraj, S., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2022). LIWC-22: Descriptive Statistics and Norms. https://www.liwc.app
LIWC2015
LIWC2015 Psychometrics Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., Boyd, R. L., Jordan, K., & Blackburn, K. (2015). The development and psychometric properties of LIWC2015 (pp. 1–26). The University of Texas at Austin. https://dx.doi.org/10.15781/T29G6Z
LIWC2015 Operator's Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., Booth, R. J., Boyd, R. L., & Francis, M. E. (2015). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count: LIWC2015. Pennebaker Conglomerates. www.liwc.net
LIWC2015 Descriptive Statistics and Norms
Pennebaker, J. W., Boyd, R. L., Jordan, K., & Blackburn, K. (2015). LIWC2015 Descriptive Statistics and Norms. https://www.liwc.app
LIWC2007
LIWC2007 Psychometrics Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., Chung, C. K., Ireland, M., Gonzales, A., & Booth, R. (2007). The development and psychometric properties of LIWC2007 (pp. 1–22). Pennebaker Conglomerates. LIWC.net
LIWC2007 Operator's Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., Booth, R. J., & Francis, M. E. (2007). LIWC2007: Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count. Pennebaker Conglomerates, Inc. www.liwc.net
LIWC2001
LIWC2001 Operator's & Psychometrics Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., Francis, M. E., & Booth, R. J. (2001). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC): LIWC2001 (pp. 1–21). Lawrence Erlbaum.
LIWC1999
LIWC1999 Operator's & Psychometrics Manual
Pennebaker, J. W., & Francis, M. E. (1999). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). Erlbaum Publishers.