title: Information theory measures of grammatical goodness-of-fit.
abstract: Reasons for the declining use of information-theory-based statistics were reviewed, and were found to reflect overly grandiose or overly constrained interpretations of distributional uncertainty measures. The range of definitions of H as a characterization of dispersion was extended to cases in which the scope, mode or specification, and unit of count were not limited to single terminal units. Information statistics may be generally described as reflecting the "fit" between a given grammar and a given language sample.
authors.affiliation: Shimer College, Mount Carroll, Illinois.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hass
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wepman