Frequently used word stems such as "can", "want", "thing" and "feel" carry no discriminative value between curiosity and interest definitions¶

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q3 i? The most common non-target word stems were not selected by the classifier and are considered common features of both definition types. → Donnellan 2021

Evidence¶

Donnellan 2021¶

Donnellan, E., Aslan, S., Fastrich, G. M., & Murayama, K. (2021). How Are Curiosity and Interest Different? Naïve Bayes Classification of People's Beliefs. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09622-9

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Analysis of word stems appearing in more than 10% of main-data definitions but not selected during feature selection; the article states these stems "have no discriminative value despite frequent occurrence" and labels them common features of both definition types.

"The most common word stems (except derivatives of "curios", "curious" and "interest") were "can", "want", "thing" and "feel". These have no discriminative value despite frequent occurrence; they can be considered "common features" of curiosity and interest definitions."

Discussion¶

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