An evaluation of automatic text categorization in online discussion analysis

Andrew Kwok Fai Lui; Sandy S C LI; On Choy Sheung

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2007.59

An evaluation of automatic text categorization in online discussion analysis

Andrew Kwok Fai Lui, Sandy S C LI, On Choy Sheung

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Content analysis is often employed by teachers and research to analyse online discussion forums to serve various purposes such as assessment, evaluation, and educational research. Automating content analysis is desirable so that such analysis can be carried out efficiently on large amount of data. This paper evaluates text categorization and examines whether the attainable accuracy can satisfy the requirements of common content analysis tasks. It shows that even simple text categorization techniques can support tasks such as online learning progress monitoring. Methods of augmenting text categorization with other techniques are also discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007
Pages	205-209
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2007.59
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007 - Niigata, Japan Duration: 18 Jul 2007 → 20 Jul 2007

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Conference	7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Niigata
Period	18/07/07 → 20/07/07

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Lui, A. K. F., LI, S. S. C., & Sheung, O. C. (2007). An evaluation of automatic text categorization in online discussion analysis. In Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007 (pp. 205-209). Article 4280992 (Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2007.59

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An evaluation of automatic text categorization in online discussion analysis. / Lui, Andrew Kwok Fai; LI, Sandy S C; Sheung, On Choy.
Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007. 2007. p. 205-209 4280992 (Proceedings - The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2007).

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