Researching the Research: Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Dissertation Classification

Authors

  • Suzanna Schmeelk St. John's University, United States
  • Tonya L. Fields Pace University, United States
  • Lisa R. Ellrodt Pace University, United States
  • Ion C. Freeman Pace University, United States
  • Ashley J. Haigler Pace University, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v2i4.2230

Abstract

This research examines industry-based dissertation research in a doctoral computing program through the lens of machine learning algorithms to determine if natural language processing-based categorization on abstracts alone is adequate for classification. This research categorizes dissertation by both their abstracts and by their full-text using the GraphLab Create library from Apple’s Turi to identify if abstract analysis is an adequate measure of content categorization, which we found was not. We also compare the dissertation categorizations using IBM’s Watson Discovery deep machine learning tool. Our research provides perspectives on the practicality of the manual classification of technical documents; and, it provides insights into the: (1) categories of academic work created by experienced fulltime working professionals in a Computing doctoral program, (2) viability and performance of automated categorization of the abstract analysis against the fulltext dissertation analysis, and (3) natual language processing versus human manual text classification abstraction.

Keywords:

Machine learning; Natural language processing (NLP); Abstract vs fulltext dissertation analysis; Industry-based; Dissertation research classification; GraphLab Create library; IBM Watson Discovery

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Schmeelk, S., Fields, T. L., Ellrodt, L. R., Freeman, I. C., & Haigler, A. J. (2020). Researching the Research: Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Dissertation Classification. Journal of Computer Science Research, 2(4), 7–15. https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v2i4.2230

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