Table 1 Comparison between alternative...

Table 1

Comparison between alternative literature survey methodologies

	Method
	Reading	Topic modeling
A. Assumptions
Categories are known	Yes/No*	No
Relevant text features are known	No	Yes
Mapping is known	No	No
Coding can be automated	No	Yes
B. Costs
Pre-analysis costs
Person-hours spent conceptualizing	Low	Low
Level of substantive knowledge	Moderate/high	Low
Analysis costs
Person hours spent per text	High	Low
Level of substantive knowledge	Moderate/high	Low
Post-analysis costs
Person-hours spent interpreting	High	Moderate
Level of substantive knowledge	High	High

	Method
	Reading	Topic modeling
A. Assumptions
Categories are known	Yes/No*	No
Relevant text features are known	No	Yes
Mapping is known	No	No
Coding can be automated	No	Yes
B. Costs
Pre-analysis costs
Person-hours spent conceptualizing	Low	Low
Level of substantive knowledge	Moderate/high	Low
Analysis costs
Person hours spent per text	High	Low
Level of substantive knowledge	Moderate/high	Low
Post-analysis costs
Person-hours spent interpreting	High	Moderate
Level of substantive knowledge	High	High

Note(s): *Yes, when the analysis is based on a pre-defined framework; No when a new theoretical framework needs to be developed

Source(s): Adapted from Asmussen and Møller (2019)

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