Developing a standardized protocol for computational sentiment analysis research using health-related social media data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sentiment analysis is a popular tool for analyzing health-related social media content. However, existing studies exhibit numerous methodological issues and inconsistencies with respect to research design and results reporting, which could lead to biased data, imprecise or incorrect conclusions, or incomparable results across studies. This article reports a systematic analysis of the literature with respect to such issues. The objective was to develop a standardized protocol for improving the research validity and comparability of results in future relevant studies.

Materials and methods

We developed the Protocol of Analysis of senTiment in Health (PATH) based on a systematic review that analyzed common research design choices and how such choices were made, or rep

SUBMITTER: He L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8200276 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature