Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR)

This is Part 2 in a two-part series about topic modeling for qualitative research. In the previous post, we discussed what topic modeling is, how EPAR uses topic modeling, and the technical nitty-gritty of our topic modeling code. We also provided our code for topic modeling using plays from Shakespeare.

This post is Part 1 in a two-part series about topic modeling for qualitative research. In this post, we focus on what topic modeling is, how EPAR uses topic modeling, and the technical nitty-gritty of writing and running your own topic modeling code. In Part 2, we offer helpful tips to the challenging and creative process of interpreting the results of a topic model.