Abstract
In this article, we draw attention to some problems involved in testing the semantic validity of operationalizations of abstract theoretical concepts. Particularly, we are dealing with concepts used in the field of text analysis. We shall demonstrate a procedure for carrying out a validity test, using a method of scaling of which the underlying theoretical model is generally known as the “law of categorical judgment”. This procedure may be seen as a contribution to traversing the time-honoured deadlock between reliable but irrelevant versus relevant but unreliable methods of content analysis.
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