Difference between revisions of "Inductive content analysis"
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The steps to do content analysis as described in [http://www.ils.unc.edu/~yanz/Content_analysis.pdf this paper]: | The steps to do content analysis as described in [http://www.ils.unc.edu/~yanz/Content_analysis.pdf this paper]: | ||
| − | 1)Prepare the Data | + | 1) Prepare the Data |
| − | 2)Define the Unit of Analysis | + | 2) Define the Unit of Analysis |
| − | 3)Develop Categories and a Coding Scheme | + | 3) Develop Categories and a Coding Scheme |
| − | 4)Test Your Coding Scheme on a Sample of Text | + | 4) Test Your Coding Scheme on a Sample of Text |
| − | 5)Code All the Text | + | 5) Code All the Text |
| − | 6)Assess Your Coding Consistency | + | 6) Assess Your Coding Consistency |
| − | 7)Draw Conclusions from the Coded Data | + | 7) Draw Conclusions from the Coded Data |
| − | 8)Report Your Methods and Findings | + | 8) Report Your Methods and Findings |
Latest revision as of 20:14, 31 March 2011
Content analysis is a methodology in the social sciences for studying the content of communication. Earl Babbie defines it as "the study of recorded human communications, such as books, websites, paintings and laws."
In this paper, inductive content analysis(Krippendorf,1980) was applied. The primary focus of the analysis was on the comments. The comments contain what the questioners liked about the chosen answer(best answer) or why they like it.
The steps to do content analysis as described in this paper:
1) Prepare the Data
2) Define the Unit of Analysis
3) Develop Categories and a Coding Scheme
4) Test Your Coding Scheme on a Sample of Text
5) Code All the Text
6) Assess Your Coding Consistency
7) Draw Conclusions from the Coded Data
8) Report Your Methods and Findings
