Question 1

What is secondary data analysis? What are existing statistics? How is secondary data analysis different for the use of existing statistics? Give an example of each method not discussed in class or in the text.

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Question 2

Many lobbying groups use the findings from content analysis of television programs to make inferences about the state of American culture the degradation of American values, etc.). Given what you have learned about content analysis, is this an inappropriate use of content analysis findings? Why or why not?

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Question 3

What are four characteristics of content that are described in coding systems? How are they recorded accurately?

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Question 4

How variables will be coded is a primary concern when a researcher utilizes content analysis as a research method. Discuss coding in content analysis. What is the difference between manifest and latent coding?

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Question 5

Why do social scientists use nonreactive methods to conduct social research? What is the logic behind using these research methods? What are some of the benefits of using nonreactive methods over reactive methods?

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Question 6

What is Krippendorff's Alpha? When and why is it used in non-reactive research?

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Quiz 11: Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis

What is secondary data analysis? What are existing statistics? How is secondary data analysis different for the use of existing statistics? Give an example of each method not discussed in class or in the text.

What are four characteristics of content that are described in coding systems? How are they recorded accurately?

How variables will be coded is a primary concern when a researcher utilizes content analysis as a research method. Discuss coding in content analysis. What is the difference between manifest and latent coding?

Why do social scientists use nonreactive methods to conduct social research? What is the logic behind using these research methods? What are some of the benefits of using nonreactive methods over reactive methods?

What is Krippendorff's Alpha? When and why is it used in non-reactive research?