A Coefficient of Determination for Probabilistic Topic Models

DOI10.48550/ARXIV.1911.11061MaRDI QIDQ106601arXivFDO

Authors Tommy Jones

Publication date 20 November 2019

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.1911.11061

arXiv classification

cs.IRcs.LGstat.ML

Abstract: This research proposes a new (old) metric for evaluating goodness of fit in topic models, the coefficient of determination, or $R^2$. Within the context of topic modeling, $R^2$ has the same interpretation that it does when used in a broader class of statistical models. Reporting $R^2$ with topic models addresses two current problems in topic modeling: a lack of standard cross-contextual evaluation metrics for topic modeling and ease of communication with lay audiences. The author proposes that $R^2$ should be reported as a standard metric when constructing topic models.

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