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Content analysis: a comparison of manual and computerized systems.

S D Rosenberg1, P P Schnurr, T E Oxman

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Computerized content analysis accurately classifies texts for personality research. Both simple and sophisticated computerized methods outperformed human scoring, offering time and cost benefits.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Computerized content analysis (CCA) is increasingly used in personality research to infer psychological states and traits from text.
  • Despite advancements in CCA, its validity compared to traditional human-scored methods requires further investigation.
  • Existing research highlights the need to compare different CCA approaches against human judgment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the validity and accuracy of a simple computerized content analysis technique, a sophisticated context-sensitive computerized approach, and a human-scored system.
  • To evaluate the classification performance of these methods in personality research using free-speech samples.
  • To assess the practical benefits, such as time and cost, of computerized content analysis systems.

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Main Methods:

  • Seventy-one subjects from four diagnostic groups provided free-speech samples.
  • Texts were scored using three methods: a simple computerized technique, a sophisticated context-sensitive computerized approach, and a context-sensitive human-scored system.
  • Discriminant and classification analyses were performed on the data from each scoring method.

Main Results:

  • Both computerized content analysis methods demonstrated higher accuracy in classification compared to the human-scored method.
  • The sophisticated, context-sensitive computerized approach showed comparable or superior performance to the simpler computerized method.
  • The study provides empirical evidence for the effectiveness of computerized text analysis in personality assessment.

Conclusions:

  • Computerized content analysis, particularly sophisticated context-sensitive approaches, offers a valid and more accurate alternative to human scoring in personality research.
  • The adoption of computerized methods can lead to significant time and cost savings in text analysis.
  • These findings support the integration of advanced computational techniques into psychological research for objective and efficient assessment.