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Arabic stance detection of COVID-19 vaccination using transformer-based approaches: a comparison study

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  • Reema Khaled AlRowais
  • Duaa Alsaeed

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Purpose - Automatically extracting stance information from natural language texts is a significant research problem with various applications, particularly after the recent explosion of data on the internet via platforms like social media sites. Stance detection system helps determine whether the author agree, against or has a neutral opinion with the given target. Most of the research in stance detection focuses on the English language, while few research was conducted on the Arabic language. Design/methodology/approach - This paper aimed to address stance detection on Arabic tweets by building and comparing different stance detection models using four transformers, namely: Araelectra, MARBERT, AraBERT and Qarib. Using different weights for these transformers, the authors performed extensive experiments fine-tuning the task of stance detection Arabic tweets with the four different transformers. Findings - The results showed that the AraBERT model learned better than the other three models with a 70% F1 score followed by the Qarib model with a 68% F1 score. Research limitations/implications - A limitation of this study is the imbalanced dataset and the limited availability of annotated datasets of SD in Arabic. Originality/value - Provide comprehensive overview of the current resources for stance detection in the literature, including datasets and machine learning methods used. Therefore, the authors examined the models to analyze and comprehend the obtained findings in order to make recommendations for the best performance models for the stance detection task.

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  • Reema Khaled AlRowais & Duaa Alsaeed, 2023. "Arabic stance detection of COVID-19 vaccination using transformer-based approaches: a comparison study," Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 42(4), pages 1319-1339, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:agjsrp:agjsr-01-2023-0001
    DOI: 10.1108/AGJSR-01-2023-0001
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