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Introduction to the Virtual Issue: Recent Innovations in Text Analysis for Social Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2017

Margaret E. Roberts
Margaret E. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, Social Sciences Building 301, 9500 Gilman Drive, #0521, La Jolla, CA 92093, meroberts@ucsd.edu, MargaretRoberts.net
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Political Analysis , Volume 24 , Virtual Issue V10: Recent Innovations in Text Analysis for Social Science , April 2016 , pp. 1 - 5
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