saotd (version 0.2.0)

merge_terms: Merge Terms

Description

Function to merge terms within a dataframe and prevent redundancy in the analysis. For example many users may refer to the same entity in multiple different ways: President Trump, The U.S. President, POTUS, Trump, President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, etc. While each entry is different, they all refer to the same individual. Using Merge Terms will allow all be converted into a single term.

Usage

merge_terms(DataFrame, term, term_replacement)

Arguments

DataFrame

DataFrame of Twitter Data.

term

Term selected for merging.

term_replacement

Desired replacement term.

Value

A Tidy DataFrame.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(saotd)
data <- raw_tweets
data <- merge_terms(DataFrame = data, 
                    term = "ice cream", 
                    term_replacement = "ice_cream")
data 
# }