Text as Data

Dedicated to all things related to the analysis of text as data and text analytics. Maintained by @kenbenoit.

[Quanteda Initiative @quantedainit]

We’ve also split the text models (for scaling and classification) into a new package quanteda.textmodels
https://t.co/svbqeZ6CHf
also on #CRAN

and has new functions for fast linear SVM classifiers for sprase text matrices

#rstats #quanteda #textanalysis #nlp

[Quanteda Initiative @quantedainit]

#quanteda package v2 is released!

Since v1:
- 2 yrs (2018-01-28)
- 2484 commits
- 285 closed PRs
- 350 closed issues

Read all about it on the QI blog
https://t.co/17ZQj6vEBp
Thanks @kenbenoit
@koheiw7 @ste_mueller @amatsuo_net for all the hard work!!

#rstats #textanalysis #nlp

[Kohei Watanabe @koheiw7]

R and Python text analysis packages performance comparison - updated https://t.co/5WQyiEbK8b

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

#quanteda #rstats package for #textanalysis and #nlp v1.4 now on CRAN, many improvements and new functions. https://t.co/hH8LXlIaUk #textasdata

[Christian Rauh @ChRauh]

@ste_mueller @textasdata First time applying my own sentiment dictionary via #quanteda. Extremely convenient and significantly faster. Thanks for all your efforts on this!

[Public Policy Institute @PolicyAuckland]

Our first seminar is happening Thursday 24 Jan: 'The 10 Most Important Things I've Learned about Quantitative Text Analysis', with Prof Kenneth Benoit https://t.co/BH0n5V2ojJ @kenbenoit @compassUoA

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

Submit your papers now to https://t.co/3QqoWnZdLq for this exciting #textanalysis #textasdata event!

[LSE @LSEnews]

Do you get tired at the thought of having to analyse vast amounts of text, like Donald Trump’s 40,000 tweets? quanteda @textasdata is a fast, flexible, and comprehensive framework for quantitative text analysis in R. #LSEResearchShowcase ℹ️: https://t.co/XAB4PCgU2h

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

Hey #textasdata peeps at #TADA2018, check out the newly launched website(s) for the Quanteda Initiative, an organization set up to advance open-source software development for text analysis, especially #quanteda and related R packages. @textasdata https://t.co/DyVf9NRn7N

[Text as Data @textasdata]

Join @StatHorizons for a 2-day "Text as Data" seminar in Philadelphia on May 31-June 1. Early registration pricing through Monday: https://t.co/Jec0uSNKcL

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

Kicking off #textdevworkshop2018 at @NYUDataScience with a roundtable on #NLP.

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

New version v0.99 of #rstats #spacyr package (with @amatsuo_net) on CRAN. New features are auto-installation of not only @spacy_io but also Python itself!

[Text as Data @textasdata]

@arthur_spirling @NYUDataScience @rOpenSci Hashtag #textdevworkshop2018

[Arthur Spirling @arthur_spirling]

The @NYUDataScience @rOpenSci conference on text software development begins with a roundtable on #NLP vs #textasdata!

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

全新的quanteda简介 - New quanteda vignette in Chinese! https://t.co/L8ACTtUhxO #rstats #quanteda #textasdata

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

#quanteda v0.99 now on CRAN, major update with many new features and performance enhancements #rstats #textanalysis https://t.co/uQ48UsHWiy

[LSE Data Science Institute @LSEDataScience]

Reminder: tomorrow from 3pm, @jna_sh will be joining us to demonstrate @github Education. Please RSVP to seds.admin@lse if you're coming! https://t.co/AJ2lVb1vfR

[Kenneth Benoit @kenbenoit]

Check out our new website for the #rstats package #quanteda, https://t.co/uQ48UsHWiy. #textasdata #nlp