Research Article

Financial Fraud Identification Based on Stacking Ensemble Learning Algorithm: Introducing MD&A Text Information

Table 2

Primary financial fraud identification indicators (text indicators).

DimensionIndicatorDefinition

Sentiment polarityPositivePositive words/MD&A words
NegativeNegative words/MD&A words

Emotional toneStrong modalStrong modal words/MD&A words
Weak modalWeak modal words/MD&A words

Text readabilityProfessional termProfessional term words/MD&A words
Average sentence lengthText length/sentence numbers
Text lengthText length