Structural topic models for open-ended survey responses

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1064-1082

  Roberts, Margaret E ^a   Stewart, Brandon M ^b   Tingley, Dustin ^b   Lucas, Christopher ^b   Leder Luis, Jetson ^c   Gadarian, Shana Kushner ^d   Albertson, Bethany ^e   Rand, David G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907983886     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12103     Document Type: Article

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