Key issues in the history of statistics as seen through text analysis on 114 years of ASA presidential addresses

Presented by" Brandon Kopp, BLS

IN HER 2020 ASA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, WENDY MARTINEZ DISCUSSED AN R SHINY APPLICATION THAT DISPLAYED THE RESULTS OF TEXT ANALYSIS ON OVER 110 YEARS OF PREVIOUS ASA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES. IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE CREATOR OF THE APP WILL DESCRIBE THE METHODOLOGIES UNDERLYING THE APPLICATION AND SOME RECENT UPDATES, INCLUDING WORD FREQUENCIES AND WORD CLOUDS, TOPIC MODELING, AND THE USE OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LIKE META'S LLAMA2) TO PRODUCE SUMMARIES. THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALSO COVER HOW INSIGHTS CAN BE DERIVED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS AND A CORPUS OF DOCUMENTS USING THESE METHODS. THESE INSIGHTS WILL BE DISPLAYED SHOWING AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES SPEECHES FROM 2021 AND 2022.

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