2004 and 2014 General Conference comparison

This post begins the dive into analyzing the change in General Conference addresses over the years. My current plan is to start at the most recent conference (October 2014) and work backwards one conference at a time.

To start it off, I'll do a simple comparison of the entire conferences. As you will see below, there is a central core of top words: Jesus, Christ, God, Lord, Father, etc. Future posts will include further distinctions between the sessions.

2004 -- October -- All sessions

2014 -- October -- All sessions

The words used in this word cloud look familiar--it's the same text used in my first post--but the layout has changed. Since the first post I have changed processes, which includes using a new word cloud generator. There are pros and cons to each, so over time, process may change again.

Below are the stats for each conference, including the top 15 words used in each conference. As you look at the statistics below, notice the rate of use of each word (based on the total number of words used in each conference). Comparing the top used word (or words) shows a significant difference between the most used word and the 10th or 15th most used words. See totals below:

2004					2014
Rank	Word	Total	Rate		Rank	Word	Total	Rate
1	Lord	288	0.44%		1	God	292	0.44%
2	God	267	0.40%		2	Christ	264	0.40%
3	Christ	227	0.34%		3	Jesus	264	0.40%
4	love	210	0.32%		4	Lord	185	0.28%
5	come	228	0.34%		5	Church	183	0.28%
6	Jesus	193	0.29%		6	life	154	0.23%
7	know	243	0.37%		7	one	150	0.23%
8	lives	181	0.27%		8	Father	118	0.18%
9	faith	192	0.29%		9	gospel	114	0.17%
10	life	177	0.27%		10	more	114	0.17%
11	Church	173	0.26%		11	time	111	0.17%
12	Father	162	0.24%		12	Savior	102	0.15%
13	blessings	148	0.22%		13	world	102	0.15%
14	testimony	140	0.21%		14	President	101	0.15%
15	President	116	0.18%		15	family	97	0.15%
Other information:					Other information:
Speakers		36			Speakers		38
Duration		12 hours			Duration		12 hours
Total Words		66203			Total Words		64307

Thanks for tuning in!

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