Mormon Metrics

Mormon Metrics

Counting General Conference Words Since the 1800s

Which words have they said more? Which words have they said less?

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Alex Bass
Jun 30, 2024
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Introduction

I recently came across an article of all-time conference analysis for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It references a study done by Quentin Spencer after he compiled a corpus of all general conference talks. In the study, he talks about various trends like using "adversary" more frequently and …

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