Development and evaluation of question templates for text mining

Abstract

In this research, we developed a question template that makes it possible to efficiently gather text data for analysis, as the first step in building an environment that will enable persons who are inexperienced in text mining to analyze qualitative data easily. We created question templates using lists, conjunctive, and parts of speech formats. We conducted evaluation tests targeting two class questionnaires, and confirmed the effectiveness of those questionnaires. © 2013 Springer-Verlag GmbH.