Coding in Content Analysis Involves the Logic of _____

question 3

Multiple Choice

Coding in content analysis involves the logic of _____. In content analysis, as in other research methods, researchers must refine their conceptual framework and develop specific methods for observing in relation to that framework.

• A) reliability and validity.
• B) sample and population representativeness.
• C) conceptualization and operationalization
• D) methodological and analytical process.

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Definitions:

Free Association

Method used in psychoanalytic therapy in which the patient is to say anything that comes to her mind, no matter how apparently trivial, unrelated, or embarrassing.

Anxiety-Provoking Stimuli

Events, objects, or situations that evoke feelings of anxiety or substantial discomfort in individuals.

Cognitive Therapy

An approach to therapy that tries to change some of the patient’s habitual modes of thinking about herself, her situation, and her future.

Depression

A mood disorder characterized by disabling sadness, hopelessness, and apathy; a loss of energy, pleasure, and motivation; and disturbances of sleep, diet, and other bodily functions.