A Bayesian hierarchical topic model for political texts: Measuring expressed agendas in senate press releases

Political Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-35

  Grimmer, Justin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951646429     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpp034     Document Type: Article

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