On Tue, 23 May 2000, Grant Robertson wrote:
> When performing a content analysis one breaks down the respondents'
> statements into their smallest meaningful units. This results in there
> being more statements than respondents. When calculating the frequency
> of these units - is it more correct to use the number of respondents or
> the number of responses as the base?
I take it that by "frequency" you mean "relative frequency" aka
"proportion" of "per cent"?
Surely this depends on the purpose(s) for which one is (a) categorizing
and (b) counting the widgets in the first place. Why would one limit
oneself a priori to addressing the problem at hand from the perspective
only of persons, or (on the other hand) only of statements?
> Which is industry standard and why?
Is there one? For which industry(ies)?
-- DFB.
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