caa a22 4500 465756441 CHVBK 20180323111848.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00139259 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00139259 Contextual content analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Donald McTavish, Ellen Pirro] This article suggests one way to systematically code textual data for research. The approach utilizes computer content analysis to examine patterns of emphasized ideas in text as well as the social context or underlying perspective reflected in the text. A conceptual dictionary is used to organize word meanings. An extensive profile of word meanings is used to characterize and discriminate social contexts. Social contexts are analyzed in relation to four reference dimensions (traditional, practical, emotional and analytic) which are used in the social science literature. The approach is illustrated with five widely varying texts, analyzed with selected comparative data. This approach has been useful in many social science investigations to system-atically score open-ended textual information. Scores can be incorporated into quantitative analysis with other data, used as a guide to qualitative studies, and to help integrate strengths of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 McTavish Donald Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut Pirro Ellen Department of Political Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA aut Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/3(1990-08-01), 245-265 0033-5177 24:3<245 1990 24 11135 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139259 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139259 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McTavish Donald Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pirro Ellen Department of Political Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/3(1990-08-01), 245-265 0033-5177 24:3<245 1990 24 11135 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer