LightSide
LightSide Researcher's Workbench
Developed by: Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute
License: GPL / GNU General Public License
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Application software
The last edition of this page was on: 2014/09/22
The Completion level of this page is : Low
The last edition of this page was on: 2014/09/22 The Completion level of this page is : Low
SHORT DESCRIPTION
TOOL CHARACTERISTICS
Usability
Tool orientation
Data mining type
Manipulation type
IMPORT FORMAT :
EXPORT FORMAT :
Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences | |
☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data |
☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors: |
Tool can perform:
- Data extraction of type:
- Transformation of type:
- Data analysis of type: Data mining methods and algorithms
- Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")
ABOUT USERS
Tool is suitable for:
Required skills:
STATISTICS: Basic
PROGRAMMING: Basic
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION: Basic
DATA MINING MODELS: Medium
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Tool version : LightSide Researcher's Workbench (blank line) Developed by : Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute |
SHORT DESCRIPTION
TOOL CHARACTERISTICS
Tool orientation | Data mining type | Usability |
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This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. | This tool is designed for Text mining. | Authors of this page consider that this tool is somewhat difficult to use. |
Data import format | Data export format |
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Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences | |
☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data |
☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors: |
Can perform data extraction of type:
Can perform data transformation of type:
Can perform data analysis of type:
Data mining methods and algorithms
Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")
ABOUT USER
Tool is suitable for: | ||||
Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ | Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ | Researchers:☑ | Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ | Others:☑ |
Required skills: | |||
Statistics: BASIC | Programming: BASIC | System administration: BASIC | Data mining models: MEDIUM |
OTHER TOOL INFORMATION
LightSide Researcher's Workbench |
GPL / GNU General Public License |
Free&Open source |
Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute |
http://ankara.lti.cs.cmu.edu/side/ |
General analysis |
Researchers |
Basic |
Basic |
Basic |
Medium |
Application software |
Text mining |
Data analysis |
Data mining methods and algorithms |
somewhat difficult to use |
Low |
Manuals and Download
Short how to
This is a machine learning program that can tag text from examples. The example file is in CSV format. The first line contains the data fields, e.g. class and text. Each row contains an example. Other products:
On the basis of LightSide Researcher's benchmark, there are two commercial products:
- Introducing the LightSide Revision Assistant (A program that helps middle and high school ELA students' writing)
- http://www.getlightbox.com/ (Automated essay scoring)