Augmenting Qualitative Text Analysis with Natural Language Processing: Methodological Study

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Authors

Timothy C. Guetterman · University of Michigan

Tammy Chang · University of Michigan

Melissa DeJonckheere · University of Michigan

Tanmay Basu · Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute

Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski · University of Michigan

V. G. Vinod Vydiswaran · University of Michigan

Abstract

NLP provides both a foundation to code qualitatively more quickly and a method to validate qualitative findings. NLP methods were able to identify major themes found with traditional qualitative analysis but were not useful in identifying nuances. Traditional qualitative text analysis added important details and context.

Topics & Keywords

Topic Modeling Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Natural Language Processing Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volume 20, Issue 6, pp. e231-e231

DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9702

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