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#30DayChartChallenge - Day 3: Historical Comparison

data-visualisation
Scraping the text of historical documents with {rvest} to visualise the relative importance of common words
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

April 3, 2021

First foray into web scraping with {rvest} to compare the texts of two historical documents.

You can retrace my steps here: github.com/cararthompson/30DayChartChallenge

Word cloud visualisation displaying the top 200 words from the Heidelberg and Westminster Catechisms. Prominent words include 'Christ,' 'God,' 'sin,' and 'holy.' The layout forms the initials 'H' and 'W,' emphasising key religious concepts.

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Thompson, Cara. 2021. “#30DayChartChallenge - Day 3: Historical Comparison.” April 3, 2021. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2021-04-03-x30day-chart-challenge-day-3-historical/.