Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

The Hedonometer and Your Feelings. What Does 'Schnozz' Mean?

Oct 7, 2021

20:04

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Mat Analysis Is Taking Humans Out of the Loop

03:23

Word Imbeddings - A New Approach to Machine Learning

01:33

Social Network Data Could Be Used to Assess Mental Health

01:42

Introduction

2min

Mat Analysis Is Taking Humans Out of the Loop

3min

Word Imbeddings - A New Approach to Machine Learning

2min

Neural Networks - The Evolution of Sentiment Analysis

1min

Social Network Data Could Be Used to Assess Mental Health

2min

Sentiment Analysis Can Identify Trends

4min

Sentiment Analysis Is a Good Idea

2min

How Does a Three Year Old, Four Year Old Kid Find This Fabulous Specific Word?

2min

Schnauser

2min

Researchers and companies are harnessing computers to identify the emotions behind our written words. While sentiment analysis is far from perfect, it manages to distill meaning from huge amounts of data — and could one day even monitor mental health. In the second segment of this episode, we answer a listener question about the word "schnozz": is it really from 1980s children's television?

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