Seems interesting. Of course it depends on what the software is actually doing, but word overlap doesn't necessarily mean semantic overlap.
--Mike On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Frantz, Sue <sfra...@highline.edu> wrote: > > > Interesting Discover blog today: > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/12/how-close-are-scientific-disciplines. > > The author discusses the Stanford Dissertation Browser. > > “The Stanford Dissertation Browser is an experimental interface for document > collections that enables richer interaction than search. Stanford's PhD > dissertation abstracts from 1993-2008 are presented through the lens of a > text model that distills high-level similarity and word usage patterns in > the data. You'll see each Stanford department as a circle, colored by school > and sized by the number of PhD students graduating from that department.” > > http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/dissertations/browser.html > > > > Which dissertation abstracts are closest, according to their criteria, to > the ones produced in psychology? > > > > Some were unsurprising, such as education, linguistics, psychiatry, and > neurobiology. > > > > Others were more surprising, such as electrical engineering and geophysics. > > > > > > > > -- > Sue Frantz Highline Community > College > Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA > 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu > > Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director > > Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) > > APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology > > > > APA's p...@cc Committee > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=7083 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-7083-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7101 or send a blank email to leave-7101-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
