Data Analysis Coding the Basics

Data Analysis Coding the Basics

1. What is a coding method?

   • It is a procedure for organizing the text of the transcripts
     • and discovering patterns
       • Repeated ideas, themes, or theoretical constrcuts

2. The main objective of coding is

   • To move from raw text to research concerns in small steps
     • The steps in grounded theory coding are
       • Research concerns
         • Theoretical narrative
           • Theoretical constructs
             • Themes
               • Repeating ideas
                 • Relevant text
                   • Raw text

3. Coding procedure

   • Selecting relevant text based on research concerns
     • Repeated ideas
       • Repeated ideas have a THEME in common
         • Organize themes in more abstract ideas or THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS
           • THEORETICAL NARRATIVE summarizes what it had been learned about research concerns