Classic Content Analysis
Date:
04/12/2015
Organised by:
London School of Economics
Presenter:
Dr Aude Bicquelet
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
Gillian Urquhart, 0207 955 7639, methodology.admin@lse.ac.uk
Map:
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Venue:
LSE PhD Academy, 4th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building, Portugal Street, London
Description:
Themes to be explored in this session: classical content analysis bridges the worlds of qualitative and quantitative research: there is no coding without prior qualification: history of content analysis; meaning or actions; sampling, corpus construction and units of analysis; representing texts in matrix format (e.g. EXCELL); coding frame and codification; coding or indexing; the virtue of manual coding includes semantic validity; reliability. The key feature of classical CA is that we are working with a closed coding frame, once the pilot work is completed. Closing coding frame requires several considerations.
Exercise
Students will bring their own data and explain it to the group for discussion; in addition we will do an exercise in developing and applying a coding frame on daily newspaper materials.
Cost:
£30
Website and registration:
http://eshop.lse.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&prodid=1709
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
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