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Topics, Concepts, and Measurement: A Crowdsourced Procedure for Validating Topics as Measures

Topics, Concepts, and Measurement: A Crowdsourced Procedure for Validating Topics as Measures

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Topics, Concepts, and Measurement: A Crowdsourced Procedure for Validating Topics as Measures

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Topics, Concepts, and Measurement: A Crowdsourced Procedure for Validating Topics as Measures

Publisher

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Political analysis, 2022-10, Vol.30 (4), p.570-589

Language

English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Topic models, as developed in computer science, are effective tools for exploring and summarizing large document collections. When applied in social science research, however, they are commonly used for measurement, a task that requires careful validation to ensure that the model outputs actually capture the desired concept of interest. In this pap...

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Topics, Concepts, and Measurement: A Crowdsourced Procedure for Validating Topics as Measures

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2711749561

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2711749561

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ISSN

1047-1987

E-ISSN

1476-4989

DOI

10.1017/pan.2021.33

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