We categorized the answers to these questions, as the underlying variables are naturally categorical (like symptoms from lower airways) [ 23].
For the analysis of current practice, we categorized the answers 'always' and 'frequently (in more than 50% of cases)' as "positive", and the answers 'never' and 'sometimes (in less than 50% of cases)' were categorized as "negative".
The questionnaire also contained one open question: 'Why did you decide (not) to participate in the study?' Two members of the research team independently categorized the answers to this open question; disagreements were resolved after discussion.
Originally, Vermeulen (2002) categorized the answers in six different ways: no motivation, references to general rule, references to self or own experience, references to physical reality in the story, references to the main character's perspective and references to a minor character's perspective.
Because the data were skewed toward the higher values, we re-categorized the answer choices into three groups: "poor or fair," "good," and "very good or excellent".
After the Word Wagons returned home, the computerized survey results allowed editors to categorize the answers based on the speakers' age, sex, ethnicity, education, and urban-versus-rural upbringing.
Once the answers are categorized, the majority of the doctors (27.14%) are grouped in the 5 10 lifetime cases, and approximately half of the doctors (51.42%) have seen 1 4 sarcomas while the remaining 12.5% have seen more than 10 cases in their lifetime.
Each author then independently reviewed the maps for answers to these questions, categorized the responses, and then examined the categories to identify themes.
I also reviewed responses to questions about additional credentials to eliminate redundant or incorrectly categorized answers (e.g., answering other--massage therapist for question 4).
Therefore, while Bloom's taxonomy is a useful tool for categorizing the cognitive skills required to answer a question, it is not designed to measure other potential factors that may influence student performance, such as how students access cognitive resources or the metacognitive skills needed to recognize and apply appropriate reasoning strategies (Zimmerman et al., 1992; Hammer et al., 2005).
Then Obama aides posted a note on January 9 inaccurately categorizing the special prosecutor question as "previously answered".
