This third part of a series on NLP and survey data explores Latent Dirichlet Allocation, a popular tool to ferret out elusive themes in text comments, referred to as topic modeling.

Topic modeling sometimes falls prey to the hype machine: “Use AI to automatically read your customers’ minds!” This oversimplification leads to unrealistic expectations.

The possible existence of a research-practice gap is the topic of a long-standing debate in the field of public administration. In this Viewpoint essay, the authors examine the agendas of scholars and ...