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An introduction to Leximancer
Dr Harry KanasaGriffith University
Are you doing?
Policy document analysis
Survey data analysis
Transcript analysis
Literary analysis
Social media analysis
Objectives
● Introduce you to Leximancer● Understand how Leximancer works● Interpret concept maps● Explore different data types suitable for
analysis● Inspire you to explore Leximancer further
Why use Leximancer?● get results fast(er)
● reduce human bias (increase validity)
● conducts thematic and conceptual analysis
NOT just word counts
● multiple data types, multiple languages (latin
characters)
What is Leximancer?
How does it work?
Take away messages from the video
- Natural language is dynamic and complex- We use ‘clusters of words’ that travel
together throughout the text- Leximancer learns the grammar and vocab
based on the text- Meaning emerges from the text- Analyse data via interactive concept map- Traditional and modern texts okay
Leximancer will not...
- Write your results section for you- Give you sensible theme names (to begin
with)- Tell you the best quotes to use
Cinderella: Literary analysis case study
What concepts and themes do you think Leximancer will find?
(hypothesise)
But why does my concept map look different?
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Leading Change project: Analysis of survey data case study
● 8 conferences were conducted around the state
● Participants asked to rate the effectiveness of the conferences
● download ‘satisfaction high vs low.csv’
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What’s Harry like as a teacher?
What’s the quality of his teaching?What do students think of him?How has his teaching changed over time?
“Access SET analysis files”
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