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Introduction to Topic Modeling Techniques

The document introduces topic modeling as a method to analyze large volumes of unstructured text data by identifying clusters of frequently occurring words, or 'topics'. It suggests that this approach can help understand the contents of extensive archives without reading every document. The concept is illustrated with an analogy of selecting words related to a specific topic, such as labor unions.

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Introduction to Topic Modeling Techniques

The document introduces topic modeling as a method to analyze large volumes of unstructured text data by identifying clusters of frequently occurring words, or 'topics'. It suggests that this approach can help understand the contents of extensive archives without reading every document. The concept is illustrated with an analogy of selecting words related to a specific topic, such as labor unions.

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A Quick Introduction to Topic

Modelling
HACKING THE NEWS WORKSHOP
Basic “if you have hundreds of documents from an archive and you
wish to understand something of what the archive contains

Description without necessarily reading every document, then topic


modeling might be a good approach.”
Takes data and finds
“topics” in
unstructured data
“Topic models provide a simple way to analyze
large volumes of unlabeled text. A "topic"
Description consists of a cluster of words that frequently
occur together. Using contextual clues, topic
from models can connect words with similar
“MALLET” meanings and distinguish between uses of
words with multiple meanings.”
zzzz
Idea: When I write, I pick words for topics from a big bag.
i.e.
when I’m writing
about labour
unions, I use
certain words:
“unions,”
“labour,”
“workers,” “men,”
etc.
What if we could reverse that process?
If we had an
entire workshop
dedicated to
this…
But we don’t so let’s use
the topic modelling tool!

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