About
This dataset comprises word association responses to six words typically used in cancer care contexts: remission, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, palliative, surgery, benign. The data is from two groups: lay participants (n=292) and healthcare practitioners (n=82). Participants provided three responses to each cue.
Outputs related to this data include:
- Fitzpatrick, T., Lutchman-Singh, K., Coffey, M. and Davies, C. (forthcoming). Words and meanings in cancer communication.
Please cite the information and data on this page as: Fitzpatrick, T., Mills, T., and Morris, S. (2025). Finding, Sharing and Losing Words: Understanding the Mental Lexicon [Fitzpatrick, T., Lutchman-Singh, K. and Davies, C. Cancer care terminology word associations]. Swansea University. https://mental-lexicon.swansea.ac.uk/.
Data and Visualisations
The norms lists for all six cues are displayed below. There are two groups, laypeople (LAY) and healthcare practitioners (HP). The tables and graphs are fully dynamic and interactive. Hover over each group to sort the columns by most frequent responses for each group. For the graphs, select the cues on the right hand side to see the responses per group for each cue.
