More Holsti: "categories should reflect the purposes of the research, be exhaustive, be mutually exclusive, independent, and be derived from a single classification principle."
So based on my RQs, what are my variables (conceptual definitions) and what are my operators (operational definitions)? You see I don't have these yet and I now realize my research objective and questions will not do at all. I haven't properly thought out the relationship between them and the methods I want to use, largely because I just don't know enough about the methods. Not that I couldn't have seen this coming. I know Pat talked about conceptual and operational definitions twelve months ago.
I've come across Bales 1950 categories for verbal interaction. I may get the book on inter library loan. It looks very promising. Maybe. Interaction Process Analysis. An alternative is sign process analysis. A Leary approach.
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