Using cross-encoders to measure the similarity of short texts in political science

Using cross-encoders to measure the similarity of short texts in political science

The forthcoming article “Using cross-encoders to measure the similarity of short texts in political science” by Gechun Lin is summarized by the author below. The most commonly used methods in political science struggle to identify when two texts convey the same meaning as they rely too heavily on identifying words that appear in both documents. This issue is especially salient when the underlying documents are short, an increasingly prevalent fo…