README.md

Transparent NLP

This repository contains code associated with the paper "Transparent NLP: Using RAG and LLM Alignment for Privacy Q&A" by Popp et al. (2025). Each sub-directory contains data and scripts to get the analysis results.

The step to run each sub.directory is as follows:

1. data_processing
2. general_statistical_llm_based_metrics
3. percentage_comparison
4. PCA

There is an individual README.md file inside each sub-directory.

Running the Code

To run the code, follow these steps:

. Clone the repository:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo.git
cd your-repo
```

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

   python3 -m venv venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   • On Windows:

     venv\Scripts\activate

   • On macOS/Linux:

     source venv/bin/activate

4. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Notes: You will be prompted to enter you OpenAI's API key as soon as you run the LLM-based code in the terminal.