Public Policy Methods Lab

In this 90-minute ONLINE session, we will examine how text analysis can help the social sciences, data sciences, and the humanities engage in research using a variety of methods.

We will discuss:

• Why is text analysis useful for research today?

• What is needed to get started with text analysis?

• What methods to get stated with text analysis?

• How long does it take to learn various text analysis methods?

Along the way, we will create a dataset using the Constellate Platform and consider what it may reveal.

 

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Helpful Constellate Documentation

• Details about the content offered in Constellate
• A description of the different types of datasets you can create in Constellate
• A user quickstart
• And, if you are trying to build a sophisticated query, we have some instructions on how to use our filters and advanced search
• How to login & affiliate yourself with your institution

Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) - is a dedicated archive for storing and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences and related disciplines.

Stokes Viz Hub offers data analysis workshops and qualitative (R and Stata) and quantitative data analysis consultations.

• Stokes Viz Hub Fall 2022 workshops schedule
• Schedule an appointment with a Stokes Viz Hub consultant

Self-Directed Learning Resources:

• SAGE Research Methods 
• Little Blue or Green Books such as Analyzing Textual Information: From Words to Meanings through Numbers
• LinkedInLearning

• Constellate

  Constellate is the text analytics service from ITHAKA (JSTOR and Portico). It is a platform for teaching, learning, and performing text analysis using archival repositories of scholarly and primary source content. This includes Chronicling America newspapers from the Library of Congress.

  •  https://constellate.org/news/open-summer-of-text-analysis/

• ProQuest TDM Studio

  ProQuest TDM (Text and Data Mining) Studio allows you to create and analyze datasets from ProQuest content. For more information, please email Joe Marciniak (Jm110@princeton.edu).  This includes access to Proquest Historical Newspapers