Steering Generative AI for Classifying Open-ended Text: An Evaluation of ANES Open-ended Data

• In Event: Text as Data

Brief Overview

This study explores the use of generative AI (GPT-4) to classify open-ended responses from the 2020 ANES. Results indicate the model maintains respectable coherence across responses when judged against hand annotators.

Authors

• George D Quinn, Rutgers University

• Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University-New Brunswick