Analyzing Spoken and Written Narratives
Welcome to our research page on learning how to calculate T-units, C-units and Story Grammar Elements by hand and through OpenAI. Please find the step-by-step guide below.
AI for Narrative Analyses
Step 1:
T-Unit, C-Unit, Story Grammar Element Training Video
This 8 1/2-minute video will teach you the basics of how to calculate T-units, C-units and Story Grammar Elements once you have collected a Spoken Language Narrative or a Written Language Narrative.
Step 2:
Narrative Sample Case Studies - Hand-Calculations and OpenAI Calculations
The link below will take you to the Qualtrics Link to confidentially input your calculation data for both hand calculation and OpenAI calculated responses.
Step 3:
Qualtrics-Score Data Sheet
Please find Case Study 1 and Case Study 2 below. Each will contain a typed out verbatim transcription (with fillers removed and examiner prompts removed) of a spoken and written narrative.
Sandra E. Wright
I am a post doctoral associate at Baylor University in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Speech-Language Pathology specializing in the area of Complex Communication Disorders with a correlative area of special education law.