Rationality: Science is not bad faith

Open-ended survey questions can provide researchers with nuanced and rich data, but content analysis is subject to misinterpretation and can introduce bias into subsequent analysis. We present a simple method to improve the semantic validity of a codebook and test for bias: a “self-coding” method where respondents first provide open-ended responses and then self-code those responses into categories. We demonstrated this method by comparing respondents’ self-coding to researcher-based coding using an established codebook. Our analysis showed significant disagreement between the codebook’s assigned categorizations of responses and respondents’ self-codes. Moreover, this technique uncovered instances where researcher-based coding disproportionately misrepresented the views of certain demographic groups. We propose using the self-coding method to iteratively improve codebooks, identify bad-faith respondents, and, perhaps, to replace researcher-based content analysis.

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Governing in Bad Faith: Suppressing Democracy in Pretense of “Saving Democracy”

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine ◽

10.1109/mts.2021.3056289 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 5-12

Author(s):

Jeremy Pitt

Keyword(s):

Bad Faith

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The Bad Faith of Pip's Bad Faith: Deconstructing Great Expectations

ELH ◽

10.2307/2873104 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 941

Author(s):

Christopher D. Morris

Keyword(s):

Bad Faith ◽

Great Expectations

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Sky Plc v Skykick Uk Ltd (No. 3)

Reports of Patent Design and Trade Mark Cases ◽

10.1093/rpc/rcab024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 137 (10) ◽

pp. 711-729

Keyword(s):

Computer Software ◽

Intention To Use ◽

Bad Faith ◽

Telecommunication Services ◽

Trade Marks ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Court Of Justice ◽

European Trade

Abstract H1 Trade Marks—European trade marks—SKY—Validity—Broad specifications of goods and services—Bad faith—Requirement of clarity and precision—Lack of intention to use—Reference to Court of Justice—Application of the judgment of the Court of Justice—“Computer software”—“Telecommunication services”—Limiting the specification of goods—Interpretation of broad terms in specifications—Infringement

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The Rhodesian Front and the African National Council

Issue A Journal of Opinion ◽

10.1017/s0047160700504971 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 10 (1-2) ◽

pp. 32-41

Author(s):

Tony Kirk

Keyword(s):

Political Life ◽

Political Organization ◽

Executive Power ◽

National Council ◽

Ordinary People ◽

Bad Faith ◽

Political Leaders ◽

Short Term ◽

Flexible Response ◽

The Government

In most countries ordinary people do not appreciate the sheer guile of their political leaders. Rhodesia is no exception. The dealings between the government and the African National Council confirm it. The government interrupted its dialogue with the ANC by detaining thirty-three senior ANC officials without trial, effectively destroying the cohesion of the only black political organization in the country. To the white voter, who sees no further than the surface of events, the detentions represented a simple exercise of executive power. In fact the government could not act in as sudden and arbitrary a fashion as that. It had to choose the time for its action with care, and to some extent it had to prepare the white electorate to accept what happened without question. The government also had to conceal its true intentions from the ANC without resorting to outright falsehood. Finally, it had to leave itself free to make a flexible response to the sort of unpredictable events which inevitably occur in political life and which often wreck the most carefully drafted plans. Formulating a policy to meet these contradictory objectives without giving the appearance of bad faith required much guile. The outcome, in the short term at least, was success.

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