Computer-Assisted Text Analysis

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SAGE, Feb 28, 2000 - Computers - 229 pages

Providing an up-to-date picture of the main methods for the quantitative analysis of text, this book begins by overviewing the background and the conceptual foundations of the field. The author then covers the traditional thematic approaches of text analysis, followed by an explanation of newer developments in semantic and network text analysis methodologies. Finally, he examines the relationship between content analysis and other kinds of text analysis - from qualitative research, linguistic analysis and information retrieval.

Computer-assisted Text Analysis focuses on the methodological and practical issues of coding and handling data, including sampling, reliability and validity issues, and includes a useful appendix of computer programs for text analysis.

 

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Contents

Further conceptual foundations
15
Recent approaches to quantitative text analysis
27
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35
Network approach to text analysis
41
Notes
49
Semantic text analysis
85
Network text analysis
97
Sampling reliability and validity
129
Conclusion
179
Computer programs
185
References
205
40
211
61
217
Author index
221
70
224
Subject index
227

Relation to qualitative research
149
Relation to linguistics and information retrieval
163
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About the author (2000)

Roel Popping taught statistics and methodology courses including text analysis at the Department of Sociology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, until his retirement. His research interests included methodology, with a specialty in the study of agreement and in text analysis, its application in research on historical shifts in public opinion and values, primarily within the context of post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe, in decision-making of negotiation processes and in integrating scientific knowledge.

Bibliographic information

TitleComputer-Assisted Text Analysis
New Technologies for Social Research series
Research Methods Series
AuthorRoel Popping
Editionillustrated
PublisherSAGE, 2000
ISBN0761953795, 9780761953791
Length229 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Information Technology
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics
Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General
Reference / Research
Social Science / Research
  
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