In this workshop, we will discover and make use of nocodefunctions (https://nocodefunctions.com), which is a personal project Clément Levallois developed in 2021.

Nocode function’s value is to provide researchers with free nocode tools to explore texts at scale. It is suitable for researchers in any field of social sciences where text analysis can be used. There is no prerequisite t use it.

Nocode functions offer 6 functions centered on sentiment analysis, detection of promoted content, topic detection and exploration of texts through their visualizaton as networks of expressions.

A new function will also be premiered at the workshop: creating Best-Worst Scaling tasks in a user-friendly manner and scalable to many respondents (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best%E2%80%93worst_scaling).

To prepare for this workshop, have it ready on your laptop one or several texts that you would be interested in exploring. These can be:

– files in pdf, txt or csv format, or text in Excel spreadsheets or Google spreadsheets (but not Word documents).
– one unique document or a list of documents,
– in any language

If you want to test the new Best-Worst Scaling task, have ready a list of items that you would like to see ranked by respondents. This list can be in a text, csv, or spreadsheet format.