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*Attended talk on technical writing
 
*Attended talk on technical writing
 
*Continued searching for possible tools
 
*Continued searching for possible tools
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'''6/9'''
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*Met with adviser and touched base
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*Set in motion ordering for WordStat
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*Reviewed WordStat tutorials
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'''6/10'''
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*Installed trial version of WordStat
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==Week 3==
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'''6/13'''
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*Obtained xml file of the archive
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*Created archive account
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*Began work on script to automate download and collection of transcripts
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'''6/14'''
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*Continued working on script
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*Tested draft documents in WordStat
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'''6/15'''
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*Attended research presentation given by Dr. Madiraju
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*Began debugging script
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'''6/16'''
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*Finished debugging script
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*Organized all blog posts into one file for analysis
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'''6/17'''
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*Automated conversion of files from .pdf to .txt files
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==Week 4==
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'''6/20'''
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*Cleaned set of files, so no interviews/video transcripts
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*Obtained official license for WordStat
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'''6/21'''
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*Ran initial analysis in WordStat
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*Fine-tuned text processing
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*Refined some transcript errors

Revision as of 22:03, 21 June 2022

Week 1

5/31

  • Attended orientation
  • Met with advisor (Dr. Michael Zimmer)
  • Explored research papers related to Zuckerberg Files

6/1

  • Completed CITI modules
  • Reviewed Dr. Zimmer's paper
  • Explored analytics tools
  • Continued reviewing papers related to Zuckerberg Files

6/2

  • Met with Dr. Zimmer for further discussion, followed by lunch
  • Continued exploring potential tools
  • Continued reviewing papers related to Zuckerberg Files

6/3

  • Reviewed papers on quantitative textual analysis
  • Explored WordStat tool and quanteda R package

Week 2

6/6

  • Attended RCR training
  • Watched tutorials on WordStat tool

6/7

  • Read Yazeed Alhumaidan's dissertation methodology
  • Met with mentor to discuss potential tools
  • Explored possible tools for analysis and data cleaning

6/8

  • Attended talk on technical writing
  • Continued searching for possible tools

6/9

  • Met with adviser and touched base
  • Set in motion ordering for WordStat
  • Reviewed WordStat tutorials

6/10

  • Installed trial version of WordStat

Week 3

6/13

  • Obtained xml file of the archive
  • Created archive account
  • Began work on script to automate download and collection of transcripts

6/14

  • Continued working on script
  • Tested draft documents in WordStat

6/15

  • Attended research presentation given by Dr. Madiraju
  • Began debugging script

6/16

  • Finished debugging script
  • Organized all blog posts into one file for analysis

6/17

  • Automated conversion of files from .pdf to .txt files

Week 4

6/20

  • Cleaned set of files, so no interviews/video transcripts
  • Obtained official license for WordStat

6/21

  • Ran initial analysis in WordStat
  • Fine-tuned text processing
  • Refined some transcript errors