A Peace Psychologist Collects Transcripts of 30 Speeches Delivered by a National

question 96

Multiple Choice

A peace psychologist collects transcripts of 30 speeches delivered by a national leader in the six months before a major war.She is interested in testing the hypothesis that the leader's speeches promoted aggression in the lead up to the war, a hypothesis that the leader strongly denied in a major television interview after retiring from politics.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)As only one leader's speeches are analysed the researcher only needs one code.
• B)It would be desirable to have multiple independent coders here.
• C)It would be essential to have coders from the country that the war was against.
• D)Multiple coders are not desirable for this research as it could lead to political arguments.
• E)Independent coders are often useful but not if they do not support the major political parties at election time.

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