Books by Klaus Krippendorff

This book expands on the author¿s seminal work in content analysis and develops methods for assessing the reliability of the kind of data that previously defied evaluations for this purpose.

Fully revised and updated edition of this international best-seller. An established introduction to content analysis for students across the social sciences.

Compiled and edited by a recognized leader in the field and author of the best-selling text on content analysis of recent times.

Krippendorff introduces social scientists to information theory and explains its application for structural modeling. He discusses key topics such as: how to confirm an information theory model; its use in exploratory research; and how it compares with other approaches such as network analysis, path analysis, chi square and analysis of variance.Information Theory simplifies and clarifies a complex but powerful statistical method for analysing multivariate qualitative data. It will serve both as a textbook and as a sourcebook for researchers in communication theory, information theory and systems theory.

Outlines a science for design that gives designers grounds on which to state their claims and validate their designs. This book builds an epistemological bridge between language/communication theory and human-centered conceptions of contemporary artifacts. It enables designers to partner with the traditional disciplines of engineering, and others.