One Advantage of Content Analysis Is That

question 39

Multiple Choice

One advantage of content analysis is that

• A) it is clearly superior to other methods of research for testing hypotheses about various forms of communication.
• B) it requires little knowledge of the social sciences and is therefore easy to conduct.
• C) it can be conducted with a relatively small expenditure of time, money, and person power.
• D) the researcher can make few mistakes in the coding of data without affecting the research findings.
• E) it has little advantage over other methods.

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