The Verification of Motives
Axel Hadenius · Scandinavian Political Studies · 1983
This article deals with various approaches to the verification of intentional explanations. First a survey is given of the different empirical indicators which may in principle be used. Then follows an account of a number of rules for testing of the validity of different kinds of verification; these rules are derived in the main from the field of content analysis coupled with the so‐called historical method.