Week 01
Introduction, Overview of the course
Topics
- Review of syllabus
- Class organization
- Getting to know you
- Introduction to computational text analysis.
Readings
Required Readings
- Grimmer, Justin, Margaret E. Roberts, and Brandon M. Stewart. Text as data: A new framework for machine learning and the social sciences. Princeton University Press, 2022 - Chapter 2.
Or one of the three below:
Political Science Perspective: Wilkerson, J. and Casas, A. (2017). Large-Scale Computerized Text Analysis in Political Science: Opportunities and Challenges. Annual Review of Political Science, 20, 529:544.
Economics Perspective: Gentzkow, Matthew, Bryan Kelly, and Matt Taddy. “Text as data.” Journal of Economic Literature 57, no. 3 (2019): 535-574.
Sociology Perspective: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X22000904
Coding Materials
- None