Quantitative analysis on dreams from blog entries
Suppose I wanted to perform a Quantitative study of >>>>>> let's say dreams<<<<<< such as the researchers at UC Santa Cruz are doing http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/
I would be able to code the categories of what people dream about in a system developed by Hall and Van De Castle...... IF I had the dream data.
How, as a researcher, would I gather the data so I can code it and analyze it? Old school might be to enlist subjects through solicitiations in print publications, pay for volunteers.
Today, I simply post a Sawlogs blog to get the data from users who are given a place to create a dream journal. http://sawlogs.net/ And the terms of service allow participants who post to search and find others with similar dreams.
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!
Hi - I'm responsible for Sawlogs... Thanks for the nice comments!
Look forward to customized reports on demand - that crunch numbers for you based on a variety of stats. What's great about content analysis is that many times your study's participants can do the coding for you, reducing time and costs and sometimes even improving results.
Consider using Sawlogs for studies - wherein you can have groups of people log dreams. We can pull reports for you based on these stats (that you request).
Thansk again for taking a look at Sawlogs!
Posted by: Rick Smith | 04 March 2006 at 08:54 AM