Mining Mind and Body – Approaches and Considerations for Using Data Mining to Identify Discourses in Digitized Publications – Amanda Regan Ph.D. Candidate and Digital History Fellow George Mason University



Mining Mind and Body – Approaches and Considerations for Using Data Mining to Identify Discourses in Digitized Publications – Amanda Regan Ph.D. Candidate and Digital History Fellow George Mason University

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Mining Mind and Body

Approaches and Considerations for Using Data Mining to Identify Discourses in Digitized Publications

Amanda Regan Ph.D. Candidate and Digital History Fellow George Mason University

A "Topic" is simply a group of words that are likely to appear together in the same document.

heart, blood, pressure, rate, pulse, normal, cardiac, man, exertion, increase, exercise, vessels, flow, rest.
Average Topic Weight by Year
heart, blood, pressure, rate, pulse, normal, cardiac, man, exertion, increase, exercise, vessels, flow, rest. Distribution of Topic 5 Over Time
Topic 42: gymnasium room rooms bath baths building space water end city
gymnasium room rooms bath baths building space water end city Distribution of Topic 42 Over Time
physical training work education class schools time department director classes general school normal good members gymnasium.
Distribution of Topic 23 Over Time. Blue Lines Represent Editorial Shifts.

Mining Mind and Body

Approaches and Considerations for Using Data Mining to Identify Discourses in Digitized Publications

Amanda Regan Ph.D. Candidate and Digital History Fellow George Mason University