Sentiment Analysis: How it Works and How to Use it in the Social Sciences

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8:45 AM - 4:00 PM, Thursday 12 January 2017

Place: The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, Manchester.

This course describes how computers can automatically detect sentiment in text and introduces a leading free sentiment analysis program, SentiStrength. There will be a discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of sentiment analysis, and a description of methods to customise or improve the sentiment classifications will be supported by practical sessions.

The cost (for UK/EU registered postgraduate students) is £30. For further information, a programme for the day, and to book a place, please visit the University of Southampton’s Online Store.

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