Python has a number of statistical modules that allows us to perform analysis without R, but it is always good idea to compare the outputs of different implementations. I performed factor analysis using Scikit-learn module of Python for my dictionary creation system, but the outputs were completely different from that of R’s factanal function just […]
Testing immigration dictionary
After making some changes in my automated dictionary creation system, I ran a test to validate the word choice for the new immigration dictionary. Latest version contains fewer intuitively negative words with positive scores, unlike the original version. The test was performed by comparing the computer content-analysis with human coding of the 2010 UK manifestos. […]
Text analysis dictionary on immigration policy
Dictionary-based text analysis has a number of good properties, but it is always difficult to make a new dictionary and text analysts often use existing dictionaries that include the General Inquirer dictionaries, which are originally created decades ago, or their derivatives. However, I believe that it is time to create new dictionaries from scratch using […]