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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It would be desirable to have multiple independent coders here. This is because the hypothesis being tested is controversial and the leader strongly denied promoting aggression in their speeches. To ensure the reliability and validity of the coding process, it would be better to have multiple independent coders who can verify and cross-check each other's work. The fact that the war was with another country and the political affiliations of the coders are irrelevant to the selection of coders in this case.

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