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Readings

• Preface of Text Mining with R: A Tidy Approach

Optional readings

• How tech CEOs talk when they lay off workers
• These are the words most associated with men and women, according to Facebook status updates

Guiding questions

• Why is qualitative data difficult to visualize?
• Why are word clouds so problematic? When is it (not) okay to use them?

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