CODING DATA (ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES)

Question 1

what are the three different types of coding?

Answer 1

pre coding
researcher-imposed coding
qualitative coding

Question 2

what type of approach does pre coding take?

Answer 2

quantitative approach

Question 3

what is pre-coding based on?

Answer 3

theory or piloting in advance of main data collection

Question 4

pre coding is ________ for all ppts

Answer 4

universal

Question 5

what is researcher-imposed coding?

Answer 5

researcher develops coding categories out of data

Question 6

what is the main aim for research-imposed coding?

Answer 6

develop categories for quantification

Question 7

coding categories are…

Answer 7

universal and applied to all data

Question 8

what is qualitative coding?

Answer 8

researcher develops coding system by repeated comparisons

Question 9

is qualitative coding universal?

Answer 9

can be applied to single individual/more generally

Question 10

what are the more frequent ways of assessing validity of coding?

Answer 10

face and content validity

Question 11

what is less straightforward for scales and measurements?

Answer 11

reliability of coding

Question 12

why is the reliability of coding less straightforward?

Answer 12

1. correlation establishes co-variance not exact agreement as two sets of ratings that are identical may mean different things
2. overlap between coders - conseq of coders choosing coding categ freq e.g. perfect agreement not always impressive
3. use reliability formula

Question 13

further considerations for good coding schedule?

Answer 13

1. best to have too many categories than too few, as computer can amalgamate theories
2. essential to have ‘other’ category for all questions to identify any pattern or theme (but can get too big)
3. avoid multi-coding as it adds complexity to statistical analysis
4. coding categories should be conceptually coherent, as x want to use bad example to code
5. trial and error when developing coding schedule