By: Heather Froehlich

Join me today for a Text Analysis training/workshop at 3-5 p.m. in Pattee 211a.

Text analysis has rapidly become a big buzzword in the liberal arts, especially surrounding discussions of the Digital Humanities. But what is it and why are people so excited about it?  This 2-hr introductory workshop will offer an overview of what we talk about when we talk about text analysis.

We will discuss how several common methods of text analysis work, beginning with simple word frequencies and moving into more advanced discussions of statistical relationships such as topic modelling. We will also think about why this is a potentially useful methodological approach for humanities researchers to consider – and when humans are better than computers at certain tasks.

No prior experience with quantitative methods is expected.