1 Conservative Party Manifesto 2015 Analysed using www.textisbeautiful.net
What do the visualisations mean? Text is Beautiful uses algorithms to analyse the frequency of words in a text, their relationship to other words, and a number of other factors. For each section of the Conservative manifesto, there are three visual representations of the text (explanations below taken from Text Is Beautiful website):
Topic Cloud: This visualisation is inspired by Wordle but it has a little text analytics magic sprinkled on top. In this visualisation, the topics are positioned randomly to keep the visualisations nice and compact. The size of a topic denotes how frequent it is within the text. Unlike Wordle, the Concept Cloud groups topics into themes. Themes are denoted by colour. Concepts that have the same colour belong to the same theme and are closely related.
Topic Web: In this visualisation, the position of topics matter. Topics that are more related will appear near each other. Topics that aren't closely related will appear further apart. As with the Topic Cloud, related topics are grouped into themes. Themes are denoted by colour.
Correlation Wheel: You can use the correlation wheel to visualise which topics are highly correlated with each other. Two topics are highly correlated if they appear together in the text often and appear apart rarely. The correlation is symmetric. This means that topics which appear large in the Topic Web will most likely not be highly correlated with any other topics. Consider the topic ‘Alice’ in the story Alice In Wonderland. ‘Alice’ appears with a wide range of topics throughout the story. ‘Alice’ isn't highly correlated with any one topic - it appears frequently with a wide range of topics. You can use this visualisation to identify underlying themes in your text. In a text corpus about Economics, supply and demand are highly correlated. Similarly for Winston Churchill, the topics ‘election’ and ‘campaign’ along with ‘election’ and ‘won’ are highly correlated. These relationships can help you better understand your text.
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Contents Economy.................................................................................................................................................. 3 Roads, Trains, Better Communications................................................................................................... 6 Jobs For All .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Cutting Taxes and Building a Fairer Welfare System ............................................................................ 12 Immigration........................................................................................................................................... 15 Giving Your Child the best start in life .................................................................................................. 18 The NHS................................................................................................................................................. 21 Heritage, Creativity and Sports ............................................................................................................. 24 Big Society ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Making Government Work Better for You............................................................................................ 30 Helping You Buy a Home....................................................................................................................... 33 Protecting and Enhancing our Natural Environment ............................................................................ 36 Guaranteeing Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy Supplies .............................................................. 39 Fighting Crime and Standing Up for Victims ......................................................................................... 42 Dignity in Retirement ............................................................................................................................ 45 A Union for the 21st Century ................................................................................................................. 48 Real Change in our relationship with the EU ........................................................................................ 51 A Britain Standing Tall in the World ...................................................................................................... 54
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Economy Topic Cloud
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Topic Web
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Correlation Wheel
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Roads, Trains, Better Communications Topic Cloud
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Jobs For All Topic Cloud
10 Topic Web
11 Correlation Wheel
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Cutting Taxes and Building a Fairer Welfare System Topic Cloud
13 Topic Web
14 Correlation Wheel
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Immigration Topic Cloud
16 Topic Web
17 Correlation Wheel
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Giving Your Child the best start in life Topic Cloud
19 Topic Web
20 Correlation Wheel
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The NHS Topic Cloud
22 Topic Web
23 Correlation Wheel
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Heritage, Creativity and Sports Topic Cloud
25 Topic Web
26 Correlation Wheel
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Big Society Topic Cloud
28 Topic Web
29 Correlation Wheel
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Making Government Work Better for You Topic Cloud
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32 Correlation Wheel
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Helping You Buy a Home Topic Cloud
34 Topic Web
35 Correlation Wheel
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Protecting and Enhancing our Natural Environment Topic Cloud
37 Topic Web
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Guaranteeing Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy Supplies Topic Cloud
40 Topic Web
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Fighting Crime and Standing Up for Victims Topic Cloud
43 Topic Web
44 Correlation Wheel
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Dignity in Retirement Topic Cloud
46 Topic Web
47 Correlation Wheel
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A Union for the 21st Century Topic Cloud
49 Topic Web
50 Correlation Wheel
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Real Change in our relationship with the EU Topic Cloud
52 Topic Web
53 Correlation Wheel
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A Britain Standing Tall in the World Topic Cloud
55 Topic Web
56 Correlation Wheel