[Lign274] HW1

[Roger Levy]

Hi Youn,

On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Youn Kim wrote:

> Hi Professor,
>
> I have a few questions:
>
> 1. I'm confused about the definitions of the response class and the  
> output class (same as outcome class?).

Sorry, I think I have been a bit inconsistent in this.  Response  
class, output class, and outcome class are all the same.

>
> 2. For the model in the text (Ch6) on p.33, there are 8 parameters,  
> but I'm not sure how there exists 121 outcome classes. Later on p. 
> 136, this is referred as response class.

The reason there are 121 outcome classes is that there are eleven  
segments, and every possible combination of two segments is a  
logically possible two-segment onset.  11*11=121.  Note that this  
number does not change with the number of parameters in the model.

Don't hesitate to ask any follow-up questions!

Roger




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