ruleNegativity

Dictionary of type <code><a rd-options="" href="/link/SentimentDictionaryBinary?package=SentimentAnalysis&version=1.1-0" data-mini-rdoc="SentimentAnalysis::SentimentDictionaryBinary">SentimentDictionaryBinary</a></code>

Ratio of words labeled as negative in that dictionary compared to the total 
number of words in the document. Here, it uses the entry <code>negativeWords</code>
of the <code><a rd-options="" href="/link/SentimentDictionaryBinary?package=SentimentAnalysis&version=1.1-0" data-mini-rdoc="SentimentAnalysis::SentimentDictionaryBinary">SentimentDictionaryBinary</a></code>.

rules

Performs a sentiment analysis of textual contents in R. This implementation
utilizes various existing dictionaries, such as General Inquirer, Harvard IV or
Loughran-McDonald. Furthermore, it can also create customized dictionaries. The latter
uses LASSO regularization as a statistical approach to select relevant terms based on
an exogeneous response variable.

Stefan Feuerriegel

SentimentAnalysis

Dictionary-based sentiment analysis

Nicolas Proellochs

ruleNegativity function

Dictionary of type <code><a rd-options='' href='SentimentDictionaryBinary'>SentimentDictionaryBinary</a></code>

Ratio of words labeled as negative in that dictionary compared to the total 
number of words in the document. Here, it uses the entry <code>negativeWords</code>
of the <code><a rd-options='' href='SentimentDictionaryBinary'>SentimentDictionaryBinary</a></code>.

ruleNegativity: Ratio of negative words

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