JGAAP User Guide

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ToaddadocumenttotheUnknownAuthorsbox,clickon“AddDocument”(bluearrow).Awindowwill

open(seepicturebelow)whereyoumayselectyourdesireddocuments.Aermakingyourselecons,

clickon“Open”(purplearrow)toaddthedocumentstotheUnknownAuthorsbox.

JGAAP5UserGuide

Wrienby:JeanZambri

Filesmaybeuploadedinoneormoreofthefollowingformats:Worddocuments(.docor.docx),PDFﬁles

(.pdf),HTML(.htmor.html)orTextﬁles(.txt).JGAAPwillconvertdocumentsinvariousformatstoplain

textastheyareloaded.

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ThedocumentnowappearsintheUnknownAuthorsbox(bluearrow).

JGAAPwillalwayspickoneoftheknownauthorsasthemostlikelyauthorofanydocument.Thismeans

thatyouneedatleasttwoknownauthorsforameaningfulanalysis.

ToadddocumentstotheKnownAuthorsbox,clickon“AddAuthor”(pinkarrow).Awindowwillopen

(see

picturebelow).Clickon“AddDocument”(greenarrow).

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Nextyouwilltypeinthenameoftheauthorfortheselecteddocument(s)(pinkarrow).Whenyouare

ﬁnished,clickon“OK”(purplearrow).

Anotherwindowwillopenwhereyoumayselectyourdesireddocuments(seeexamplebelow).Aer

makingyourselecons,clickon“Open”(greenarrow).

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Seedocumentsaddedinexamplebelow.Whenyouhaveﬁnishedloadingallofyourdocuments,clickon

“Next”(purplearrow)tomoveontotheCanonicizerstab.

ThedocumentnowappearsintheKnownAuthorsbox(bluearrow).

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OntheCanonicizerstab(picturedbelow),youmayselectyourdesiredcanonicizaontechniques.These

techniqueswillbeappliedtoeachdocumentinordertostandardizethedocumentsbeforefeaturesare

extractedfromthem.Please Note: Canonicizers are opƟonal so you do not have to make a selecƟon unless

desired.

Selecngacanonicizer(brownarrow)willdisplayitscorrespondingdescripon(greenarrow).When

choosingcanonicizers,youhavethreeopons:youmaysetacanonicizertooneormorespeciﬁcdocuments

(pinkarrow),ortoaspeciﬁcdocumenttype(i.e..pdf,.doc,etc.)(grayarrow),oryoumaychoosetosetitto

allofthedocumentsinthelist(redarrow).Onceyouhaveappliedacanonicizertoadocument,youwill

nocethattheCanonicizercolumnchangesto“Yes”forthatdocument(bluearrow).

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Toremoveacanonicizerthatyouhavealreadyselected,clickonthebackarrow(seebluearrowinexample

below).Youmayalsoclickon“Clear”toremoveallofyourselecons(pinkarrow).Remembertoclickon

“SettoAllDocs”toapplyyourchanges.

Whenyouhaveﬁnishedapplyingcanonicizerstoyourlistofdocuments,clickon“Next”(purplearrow)to

connuetotheEventDriverstab.

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OntheEventDriverstab(picturedbelow),youmayselectyourdesiredeventdrivers.Thefeatures

extractedfromeachdocumentwilldependontheeventdriverschosen.Selecngaeventdriver(brown

arrow)willdisplayitscorrespondingdescripon(greenarrow).

Someeventdriversmayrequirespeciﬁcparameters,

suchas“CharacterGrams”inwhichyoumustchoosea

numberfor“N”fromadrop‐downmenu.TosettheParameters,clickonthedrop‐downbox(redarrow)to

change“N”tothedesiredparameter.Whenyouhaveﬁnishedselecngeventdrivers(andparametersif

applicable),

clickon“Next”(purplearrow)toconnuetotheEventCullingtab.

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OntheEventCullingtab(picturedbelow),youmaychoosewhetheryouwanttoanalyzeonlythemost

frequentevents(greenarrow),onlytheleastcommonevents(bluearrow),oronlythoseeventswhich

appearinallofthedocuments(redarrow).Ifyouselect“MostCommonEvents,”thenanyuncommon

eventswillbeeliminatedfromthedocumentspriortoanalysis.

For“LeastCommonEvents”and“MostCommonEvents”youmaysettheparameters(“N”)toanynumber

ofyourchoice.TosettheParameters,clickonthedrop‐downbox(pinkarrow)tochange“N”tothe

desiredparameterbyeithertypingthenumberorchoosingavaluefromthedrop‐downmenu.Youdonot

havetosetParametersforthe“X‐tremeCuller.”

Please Note: Event culling order maƩers if you choose more than one event culler.

Please Note: Event cullers are opƟonal so you do not have to make a selecƟon unless desired.

Onceyouhavemadeyoureventcullerselecon(s)andarereadytomoveon,clickon“Next”(purple

arrow)toconnuetotheAnalysisMethodstab.

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OntheAnalysisMethodstab(picturedbelow),youwillselectananalysismethodtoanalyzeyour

documents.

Please Note: If you choose the FrequencyCentroidDriveror NearestNeighborDriver, you will have to

select a DistanceFuncon.You do not have to choose a distance funcƟon for the other analysis methods.

Intheexamplebelow,“NearestNeighborDriver”(bluearrow)isselectedwith“CosineDistance”asthe

DistanceFuncon(redarrow).

Aerchoosingananalysismethod,clickon“Next”(purplearrow)toconnuetotheReview&Processtab.

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OntheReview&Processtab(picturedbelow),youmayreviewalloftheseleconsyou’vemadefromthe

previoustabs.Ifyou’dliketomakeanychanges,youmayclickonthetabyouwishtomakechangesto

(bluearrow),oryoumayclickonthegreenHeadings(brownarrow)whichwilltakeyoubacktothe

correspondingtab.

Ifamistakehasbeenmadeonanyofthetabs,theheadingwillberedinsteadofgreentodrawyour

aenontotheerror(s).Intheexamplebelow,theEventDriverheadingisredbecausenoEventDrivers

wereselected(redarrow).

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Anewwindowwillopenwiththeresults.Inthiscase,theprogramdeterminedthatAuthor10isthemost

likelyauthorforthedocumentinqueson(redarrow).

Onceyouhaveveriﬁedthatalloftheseleconsarecorrectandyouarereadytoobtainyourresults,click

on“Process”(purplearrow).