Hot and Cold: Quantifying the Variation of Sentiment in Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2158-4052
DOI: 10.7771/2158-4052.1484