So you want to make comparison word clouds from your qualitative data, but aren't sure how. This research tip will walk you through R code to create both comparison and commonality word clouds in R. The example uses song lyrics from the top songs of 2012("Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye), 1992("End of the Road," Boyz II Men), 1972("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Roberta Flack), and 1952("Blue Tango," Leroy Anderson). Here is the result:

This video shows you how to create comparison word clouds

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