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Erschienen in: Journal of Chinese Political Science 4/2011

01.12.2011 | Research Article

Quantitative Content Analysis of Chinese Texts?: A Methodological Note

verfasst von: Yu-Wen Chen

Erschienen in: Journal of Chinese Political Science | Ausgabe 4/2011

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Abstract

This paper discusses the quantitative measurement of Chinese texts using hand-coded analysis, Yoshikoder and Wordscores. The paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of each method using the example of the 2008 melamine-tainted milk scandal in China. The policy positions estimated by Yoshikoder are not too different from those using hand-coded analysis. Yoshikoder outperforms Wordscores, but with substantial human intervention.

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Fußnoten
1
Jonathan Sullivan and Will Lowe [12].
 
2
Jonathan Sullivan and Bettina Renz [13].
 
3
Michael Laver et al. [5].
 
4
Robert Klemmensen et al. [3].
 
5
Robert Klemmensen et al. [3]; Heike Klüver [4]; Kenneth Benoit and Michael Laver [1]; Michael Laver et al. [5].
 
6
Will Lowe [6, 7].
 
7
Heike Klüver [4].
 
8
Heike Klüver [4]; Kenneth Benoit and Michael Laver [1]; Michael Laver et al. [5].
 
9
Will Lowe [6, 7].
 
10
Will Lowe [6, 7].
 
11
Christine Mahoney [8]; Schneider, Gerald and Konstantin Baltz [11].
 
12
James M. Carlson and Mark S. Hyde [2].
 
13
For instance, see Lawrence, Dune. 2008. China Says Sanlu Milk Likely Contaminated by Melamine (Update 1). Bloomberg (September 12 2008). http://​www.​bloomberg.​com/​apps/​news?​pid=​newsarchive&​sid=​at6LcKJB6YA8&​refer=​asia (accessed July. 3, 2010).
 
14
 
15
It is better that reference texts can represent “each extreme position on the dimension”. I seek to find texts that represent the five pre-defined positions. See Robert Klemmensen et al. [3].
 
16
The STATA command can be found at http://​www.​yuwenjuliechen.​com/​research.
 
17
Michael Laver et al. [5]; Martin Lanny W. and Georg Vanberg [9].
 
18
Fuchun Peng et al. [10].
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Quantitative Content Analysis of Chinese Texts?: A Methodological Note
verfasst von
Yu-Wen Chen
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2011
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Chinese Political Science / Ausgabe 4/2011
Print ISSN: 1080-6954
Elektronische ISSN: 1874-6357
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-011-9164-0

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