Activity 20.1:

Content Analysis Research Questions

Which of the following questions would lend themselves well to content analysis?

1. Do students like school more if taught by a teacher of the same ethnicity?
2. What sorts of techniques do tennis coaches use to increase the motivation of 12-year-olds to play tennis?
3. Is violence on television different from violence in classical drama?
4. Do boys or girls score higher on SAT examinations?
5. Are women or men portrayed more favorably in 1930s movies?
6. Are after-school detention programs effective?
7. How do the ingredients found in recipes in 1940s cookbooks compare with those found in 1990s cookbooks?
8. To what extent did capitalism develop in nineteenth-century China?