Getting Started with… Sentiment Analysis

Adam Mazel, Digital Scholarship and Instruction Librarian

This hands-on workshop on how + why to trace trends in emotions across one text or 100,000 using digital tools.

Curious about how to trace trends in emotions across one text or 100,000? This hands-on workshop for students, faculty, and staff will show you how + why to do just that using two free and easy tools: <a href="http://lexos.wheatoncollege.edu/upload" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lexos</a>, a web-based tool for computational text analysis, and <a href="https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tableau Public</a>, a tool for data visualization.Through this workshop, you’ll learn what sentiment analysis is and its various types and uses, the pros and cons of sentiment analysis, how to find data, and how to do a basic dictionary-based sentiment analysis + visualization. This workshop is pitched at beginners--you do not need to know coding / programming or the command line; all the tools are all drag-and-drop / point-and-click--but it also can be valuable for those with any level of expertise.This workshop is also apt for anyone interested in digital humanities, digital scholarship, and / or computational text analysis. Required:Computer with Internet AccessBrowser: <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google Chrome</a> or <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mozilla Firefox</a> (other browsers may not work)Text Editor: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Visual Studio Code</a> (other text editors are fine, but the workshop will be explained using VSC)<a href="https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tableau Public</a> AccountLocation: TBD (attendees will be notified when the location (in person / remote) is determined)

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