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Nonreactive Research Methods in Social Science

Explore nonintrusive research methods like content analysis, secondary data analysis, and unobtrusive observations. Understand coding systems, units of analysis, limitations, and ethical considerations.

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Nonreactive Research Methods in Social Science

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  1. Chapter 9 Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis

  2. Nonreactive Measurement • Unobtrusive Observations • Measures that are not obtrusive or intrusive • Erosion measures where you notice selective wear as a measure • Accretion measures where the measures are deposits of something left behind 2

  3. Expansion Box 9.1: Examples of Nonreactive Measures 3

  4. Content Analysis • What Is Content Analysis? • Text • Topics Appropriate for Content Analysis • Measurement and Coding • Coding system • Units of Analysis 4

  5. Content Analysis • What Do You Measure? • Structured observation • Frequency • Direction • Intensity • Space 5

  6. Content Analysis • Coding • Manifest coding • Latent coding • Intercoder reliability • Content Analysis with Visual Material • How to Conduct Content Analysis Research 6

  7. Content Analysis • Question formulation • Unit of analysis • Sampling • Variables and Constructing Coding Categories • Recording sheet • Inferences 7

  8. Table 9.1: Coding Sheet for Study of News Stories on Climate Change 8

  9. Table 9.1: Coding Sheet for Study of News Stories on Climate Change 9

  10. Existing Statistics/ Secondary Analysis • Appropriate Topics • Involve info from large bureaucratic organizations • Variables defined by larger organizations • Social indicators • FBI’s uniform crime index 10

  11. Existing Statistics/ Secondary Analysis • Locating data • Statistical Abstracts of the US • TUIK in Turkey • Secondary survey data 11

  12. Existing Statistics/ Secondary Analysis • Limitations • fallacy of misplaced concreteness • Units of Analysis and Variable Attributes • Validity • Reliability • Missing Data 12

  13. Table 9.2: Social Health Index of the United States 13

  14. Table 9.2: Social Health Index of the United States 14

  15. Issues of Inference and Theory of Testing • Inferences from Nonreactive Data • Ethical Concerns • Privacy and confidentiality • Official statistics are social and political products • Social–political values 15

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