After reading all the selected articles, the author devised a coding system that captured the apparent
trends, hunches about trends, insights gained from the reading, and the directions that the author hoped
this essay would go. The articles were then re-read. The general topic of the research was recorded, along
with the general method employed, the approach to measurement, and the types of statistical analyses. It
was also recorded if the research was funded, if multiple studies were reported, if the research was limited
to a college student sample, and if the data were entirely collected in the USA. All coding was done by the
author. The coding was straight forward, and multiple coders were not deemed necessary to make the desired
points.