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Inter-Rater Agreement in Analysis of Open-Ended Responses: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Study of Principals 1Inter-Rater Agreement • May 28th, 2008
The use of open-ended survey questions in social science is appropriate when researchers investigate complex issues lacking a fixed, predetermined set of categories. The existing literature affords some guidance in applying systematic methods for analyzing written responses generated through open-ended survey items and other qualitative data collection procedures (Bernard, 1994; Carey, Morgan and Oxtoby, 1996; Miles and Huberman 1994; and Patton 1990). There is general consensus among scholars that taking explicit steps to increase rater agreements has methodological benefits and increases the scientific credibility of a study (Creswell, 2003).
