Week 7 (Additional methods)

Question 1

Steps in content analysis

Answer 1

Formulate RQ
define concepts and operationalization
coding schedule
unit of analysis
sample

Question 2

Qeustions to consider in regards to codingbooks and observationschedules

Answer 2

which codes signifies what en what are the boundaries

are catgorues mutually exclusive or is there overlap

are categories exhaustive

Question 3

advantages content analysis

Answer 3

often easy accesable

transparancy; high replicability

unobtrusive

lonitudinal research possible

Question 4

structured observation

Answer 4

overt or covert

sampling plus coding in a systematic way

Question 5

steps in structured observation

Answer 5

1 RQ
difine concepts and operationalisation
units of analysis
observastion schedule
sample

Question 6

unit of analysis

Answer 6

the level on which you analyze your data

Question 7

advantages stuctured observations

Answer 7

unobtrusive

not dependent on what people say about their behaviour

great for triangluation

Question 8

advantages secondary data

Answer 8

cheap and fast

hugh quality data

often longitudinal

re-analysis

higher response rate

large sample

Question 9

disadvantages secondary data

Answer 9

you have to deal with the variables guven

comlex data sets

no control over data quality

maybe change over years