1. Social Research Methods Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis
MAN-10
Erlan Bakiev, Ph. D
Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis

2. Nonreactive Measurement
Unobtrusive measures
Physical traces
Erosions measures
Accretion measures
Archives
Running records
Other records
Observation
External appearance
Count behavior
Time duration

3. Content Analysis Content analysis topics Measurement and Coding
Large # of text
Study topic at a distance
Difficult to see in casual observation
Measurement and Coding
Coding system
Units
Structured observation
Frequency, direction, intensity, and space

4. Content Analysis Coding, Validity, and Reliability
Manifest coding
Latent coding
Intercoder reliability

5. Content Analysis How to…..
Formulate the research question
Decide on a unit of analysis
Develop a sampling plan
Construct coding categories and recording sheet
Coding categories
Coding and intercoder reliability check
Data collection and analysis

6. Existing Statistics/Secondary Analysis
Appropriate Topics
Involve info from large bureaucratic organizations
Variables defined by larger organizations

7. Existing Statistics/ Secondary Analysis
Social indicators
FBI’s uniform crime index
Locating data
Statistical Abstracts of the US
Secondary survey data
GSS

8. Existing Statistics/Secondary Analysis Limitations
Fallacy of misplaced concreteness
Unit of analysis
Validity
Reliability
Missing data