SAMPLING ERROR AND SELECTING INTERCODER RELIABILITY SAMPLES FOR NOMINAL CONTENT CATEGORIES.

Presents a study viewing intercoder reliability as a sampling problem requiring clarification of the term `population'. Formula in estimating simple random sample sizes for reliability tests; Limitations of the analysis; Use of tables for selecting sample of tests units to establish equivalence reli...

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Publicado en:Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 963 - 974
Autores principales: Lacy, Stephen, Riffe, Daniel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Winter96
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Sumario:Presents a study viewing intercoder reliability as a sampling problem requiring clarification of the term `population'. Formula in estimating simple random sample sizes for reliability tests; Limitations of the analysis; Use of tables for selecting sample of tests units to establish equivalence reliability.