When a researcher reads a passage of text and codes it for a particular theme, the researcher is actually coding for
A) Latent content
B) Manifest content
C) Validity
D) Reliability

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Latent content refers to the underlying meaning or message in a text, which is often not explicitly stated. When a researcher codes a passage of text for a particular theme, they are trying to identify the latent content of the text.

When a Researcher Reads a Passage of Text and Codes