Coding

Question 1

Coding qualitative data has three steps:

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1. Preparing thematic coding and developing open codes asking questions of your data
2. Developing larger interpretive categories and themes from the data
3. Presenting thematic findings in lists, careers or typologies

Question 2

Making sense of large amounts of qualitative data means

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dividing data into themes or patterns

Question 3

Data includes

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transcripts from interviews, videos, audios, images, etc.

Question 4

Coding reduces the volume of data into

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something meaningful and easily digested

Question 5

Themes can be used to describe or summarize data but…

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can also be interpreted to indicate underlying concepts

Question 6

Interpreting themes in a way that helps qualitative researchers legitimize their findings is known as

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thematic content analysis

Question 7

3 things thematic content analysis demonstrates

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1. Quality
2. Validity
3. Reliability

…of findings.

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Thematic content analysis emphasizes

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pinpointing, examining and recording patterns within data

Question 9

Before coding data, a researcher must consider

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their theoretical sensitivity to concepts, meanings and relationships within the data

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Inductive

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themes arise as you work with the data

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deductive

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you start with some already developed themes

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Most researchers immerse themselves in…

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the data

Question 13

Immersing a researcher in the data maintains…

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the contextualization of the data

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The zig zag approach is…

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a process of iterative data gathering and analysis

Question 15

The zig zag process ends when

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there is a saturation of themes or when no new themes emerge from the data

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Open coding

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labelling chunks of data that capture something of the literal essence of data

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Coding line by line or sentence by sentence means you

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treat each part of the data in the same way

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If one already has an idea of what they are looking for, start with a list of

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deductive codes to address the the data

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To explore data in more detail, introduce

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inductive codes

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Inductive codes are thought of as

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in vivo codes

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In vivo codes

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codes that come from terms taken directly from the data representing living language, slang and metaphors

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gerund

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a noun made a verb by adding ‘ing’ (acting, finding)

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If your research moves beyond description then you need to develop

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interpretive categories that will bring a new perspective to the phenomenon that you are studying

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Making categories defineable to other people is to

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operationalize them

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Operationalize

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to turn something abstract into something concrete