A health psychologist investigates the emotional adjustment of individuals following major cardiac surgery. They collect written diaries from 30 participants and systematically count the occurrence of pre-defined categories of emotional terms (such as 'anxious', 'determined', and 'supported') to convert the written text into numerical values for statistical testing.
Which research method or technique of data analysis is best illustrated by this psychologist's approach?
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644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.