Topic models do not model topics: epistemological remarks and steps towards best practices

The social sciences and digital humanities have recently adopted the machine learning technique of topic modeling to address research questions in their fields. This is problematic in a number of ways, some of which have not received much attention in the debate yet. This paper adds epistemological...

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Main Author: Anna Shadrova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicolas Turenne 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities
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Online Access:https://jdmdh.episciences.org/7595/pdf