Certain Guidelines Should Be Kept in Mind When Coding

question 17

Multiple Choice

Certain guidelines should be kept in mind when coding.Among these is(are) the following:

• A)the coding scheme should be appropriate to the analysis intended in the study.
• B)the coding scheme should be appropriate to the theoretical concepts being examined.
• C)the reliability of the coder(s)should always be verified.
• D)code categories should be both mutually exclusive and exhaustive.
• E)all of these choices are correct.

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