The ValiText provides a framework and practical guidance for validating text-based measures of social constructs. It mitigates measurement errors by outlining key validation evidence, defining tailored validation steps, and offering a checklist for transparent documentation. By guiding researchers through a systematic process, ValiText helps ensure that text-derived indicators accurately capture the intended constructs. As an example, it has been applied to the “Call me sexist, but…” dataset by Samory et al. (2021) to demonstrate practical validation and documentation.

Further information: This tool was developed as part of the KODAQS project, a partnership between GESIS, the University of Mannheim, and LMU Munich.