Quantitative Text Analysis for Political Science and Public Policy
| Instructor: | Dr. William E. M. Lowe |
| Office: | Room 3.14 |
| Office Hours | By arrangement. Email the instructor directly. |
| Class Times | Thursdays 16:00-18:00 |
| Date | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.09.2020 | Text as Data |
| 2 | 17.09.2020 | Text as Data as Measurement |
| 3 | 24.09.2020 | Dictionaries (1. construction) |
| Assignment 1 out | ||
| 4 | 01.10.2020 | Dictionaries (2. evaluation and analysis) |
| Assignment 2 out | ||
| 5 | 08.10.2020 | Topic models (1. construction) |
| Assignment 3 out | ||
| 6 | 15.10.2020 | Topic models (2. extensions and limitations) |
| Assignment 4 out | ||
| 7 | 29.10.2020 | Space and Similarity |
| 8 | 05.11.2020 | Sentiment |
| 9 | 12.11.2020 | Scaling (1) |
| 10 | 19.11.2020 | Scaling (2) |
| 11 | 26.11.2020 | Text Classification |
| Assignment 5 out | ||
| 12 | 03.12.2020 | Causal Inference with Text |
| 14.12.2020 | Final Exam Week |