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Toward a Unified Perspective on Content Analysis

2026-07-28

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<p>Content analysis, the practice of inferring individual difference characteristics from text data, is an important research technique across the behavioral and social sciences. The methods used to conduct it, however, are strikingly heterogenous, reflecting three distinct approaches: human-centered, dictionary-centered, and machine-learning centered. Currently, the utility of content analysis is hindered by a la...

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