Text Mining
Before Class:
- Experiment with:
- Read: Ted Underwood, “Where to Start with Text Mining,” The Stone and the Shell, August 14, 2012.
- Read: Ted Underwood, “Seven Ways Humanists are Using Computers to Understand Text,” The Stone and the Shell, June 4, 2015.
- Read: Dan Cohen, “Searching for the Victorians,” October 4, 2010.
- Explore: Cameron Blevins, “Topic Modeling Martha Ballard’s Diary”
In class:
After Class:
- Blog #5: Finish the map and the text analysis you began in class this week. Embed them both in a blog post. Write a post that discusses one of the two techniques and address the following questions:
- Mapping Posts:
- What does this map tell you about the subject matter that is new or interesting to you?
- Why is it revealing?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of this type of visualization?
- How might a similar visualization help you with your final project?
- Text Mining Posts:
- What does text mining reveal about the subject matter that is new or interesting to you?
- Why is it revealing?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of these tools?
- What do text mining tools reveal that other methods do not?
- Your blog posts should be at least 350-500 words and should be written in a semi-formal scholarly style (complete thoughts, correct spelling, grammar and syntax.) Please use the Chicago style guide to cite any sources. See the blog post criteria page for more details.