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Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

Schedules, coding manuals, and the reliability of the field's own instruments.

August 2026

  1. [1] arghXiv:2512.11487v2 [pdf]

    Response Types to Direct Questions in Two-Party Text Disputes

    E. Cavill, D. Ostrowski

    5 pages, 1 table. The manual is Table 1, and is also kept at /help/response-types. Table 1 revised at v2: one category added, its count split from prius tu, the corpus total unchanged. Participants were not shown the codes applied to them; see arghXiv:2510.03920. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  2. [2] arghXiv:2608.04102

    Concordance of Participant Report With the Recorded Outcome

    P. Setterfield

    7 pages, 1 table. Validation of the register described in arghXiv:2608.02514. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  3. [3] arghXiv:2608.02514

    Outcomes Recorded in 1,240 Disputes: A First Register

    P. Setterfield

    8 pages. The register is maintained and is open to correction by the parties recorded in it. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

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