Computer-Assisted Text Analysis (Essex Summer School)

This concerns the short course I am teaching at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, from 11-22 July 2011.

Course handout (syllabus)

Day 1: Introduction to Computer-Assisted TextAnalysis

Day 2: Textual Data, Sampling, and Working with Texts

• Class Assignment 1 and the files you need for it.

Day 3: Descriptive Inference from Text

• Class Assignment 2
• R code solution for Assignment 2
• Stata code solution for Assignment 2

Day 4: Research Design issues in textual studies

Day 5: Classical Quantitative Content Analysis

• Class Assignment 3
• French manifestos for Assignment 3
• UK Manifestos for Assignment 3

Day 6: Automated dictionary-based approaches

• Class Assignment 4
• The file LaverGarryAJPS.ykdused in Assignment 4.

Day 7: Dictionary Construction; Words as Data Approaches

• Class Assignment 5
• The file iebudget2010.zipused in Assignment 5.

Day 8: Text Scaling Models I

• Class Assignment 6
• The file LBGexample.csvused in Assignment 6.
• Assignment 6 solution in Excel and SPSS.

Day 9: Text Scaling Models II

• Class Assignment 7

Day 10: Additional Scaling Issues

• No lab assignment but we will go through the budget speech example using this code: Assignment_8.r.