APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
A Formula for Feelings? Comparing Computer-Rated Sentiment in R to Human-Rated Sentiment
- Katherine Venturo-Conerly
Harvard University - Akash Wasil
Harvard University - Srishti Sardana
Teachers College, Columbia University - Cheryl Foo
Teachers College, Columbia University - Helen Verdeli
Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
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Sentiment analysis using R’s qdap package may be an efficient tool for qualitative research. However, no known studies have compared qdap-rated sentiment to human-rated sentiment. We found that qdap assigned weaker sentiment ratings than human coders, and we offer suggestions for future research in software-rated sentiment.
Statistics and Methodology
