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Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

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

Recent submissions

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)

4. [4] arghXiv:2607.13022

   Dispute Volume and Mean Duration in Four Communities, 2023 to 2026

   P. Setterfield

   11 pages, 4 figures. Series computed under the criterion of arghXiv:2604.11238. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

5. [5] arghXiv:2607.08233

   Conduct of a Dispute Before a Silent Audience and Before None

   D. Ostrowski

   9 pages, 1 figure. The channels were paired on membership and on topic. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

6. [6] arghXiv:2607.07120 [pdf]

   Fallacy Attribution in Two-Party Disputes: Extension, Agreement, and Depth

   E. Cavill, Q. Barratt

   3 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual and the move set in Appendix A. Item 3 was not scored. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

7. [7] arghXiv:2607.05512

   Attempted Replication of a Twenty-Four-Hour Termination Criterion

   D. Corrigan, Q. Barratt

   6 pages, 1 table. Reply to arghXiv:2604.11238. A response has been offered and is awaited. Subjects: Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

8. [8] arghXiv:2606.12903

   Inter-Coder Agreement on the Twenty-Four-Hour Criterion

   M. Crozier

   6 pages, 1 table. Prepared in response to the agreement figures reported in arghXiv:2512.11487. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

9. [9] arghXiv:2605.06119

   Termination of Nineteenth-Century Scientific Disputes Under a Modern Criterion

   P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

   27 pages, 2 tables. Correspondence transcribed from published editions; dates are of posting. Subjects: History of the Field (meta.HIST) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

10. [10] arghXiv:2604.11238 [pdf]

    Termination Rates in Two-Party Disputes Under a Twenty-Four-Hour Criterion

    P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

    3 pages, 1 table. Prepared in response to the criterion adopted in arghXiv:2505.02640. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)