1.  Grant-Davie explains that “various kinds of coding, including division and classification, occur at all stages in a research study” (274).  Does this mean that coding is a recursive process?

 

2.  How would you define coding—as science, as interpretation, or as a balance between?  What kind of definition would aid in solving issues related to reliability and validity?

 

3.  Lauer and Asher explain the two options available in measurement:  use an already established method, or develop a new one.  Their argument is in support of using an established method, but I wonder if that would limit or hinder the quality of a researcher’s results.  Haven’t the most groundbreaking and successful projects been using a newly-developed measure?