Posted by gardenergirl on November 5, 2004, at 1:56:50
In reply to Re: artifacts, posted by Dr. Bob on November 4, 2004, at 22:48:23
First, as far as whether the posts are civil or not, I do think that is up to you, Dr. Bob.
Not knowing what your study design is or what your research questions are, I can only speculate. But I think if others' commented on the civility of posts, or requested determinations on items in posts as we have seen recently on this board, what you may get is responses to the posts themselves versus posters responding to your research questions.
As we've seen as well, some posters have expressed feelings of harrassment or anger related to having their posts put up for review by others. These feeling may alter the flavor of what they might have posted without feeling perhaps threatened by the possibility of a public civility review. In addition, you may get a number of posts unrelated to what you are looking for. Unless what you are looking for is the group dynamics aspect when there is conflict. That is the artifact that i believe could come from reviews and requests for determination by other posters.
You already have a self-selected sample here. Allowing what has already been shown to lead to conflict and hurt feelings is bound to show up in your results.
But I don't really know what your research questions are, so I'm just speculating here.
gg
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