Contents // About the Author xvi // Preface to the Second Edition xvii // Acknowledgements xx // One An Introduction to Codes and Coding 1 // Chapter Summary 1 // Purposes of the Manual 1 // What Is a Code? 3 // Coding examples 4 // Coding for patterns 5 // Coding filters 7 // Coding as a Heuristic 8 // Codifying and Categorizing 9 // From codes to categories 9 // Recoding and recategorizing 10 // From codes and categories to theory 12 // The differences between codes and themes 14 // What Gets Coded? 15 // Units of social organization 15 // The coded researcher 16 // Amounts of data to code 16 // The Mechanics of Coding 17 // Data layout 17 // Pre-coding 19 // Preliminary jottings 20 // Questions to consider as you code 21 // Coding contrasting data 22 // The Numbers of Codes 22 // "Lumping" and "splitting" the data 22 // The quantities of qualities 24 // The codebook or code list 24 // Manual and CAQDAS Coding 25 // Coding manually 26 // Coding electronically 28 // Data formatting for CAQDAS 30 // Coding capabilities with CAQDAS 30 // Searches and queries with CAQDAS 32 // Solo and Team Coding 34 // Coding collaborativeiy 34 // Coding solo 35 // Necessary Personal Attributes for Coding 36 // On Method 37 // Critiques against coding 38 // Coding as craft 40 // Two Writing Analytic Memos 41 // Chapter Summary 41 // The Purposes of Analytic Memo Writing 41 // What is an Analytic Memo? 41 // Examples of Analytic Memos 43 // Reflection and refraction 50 // Coding and Categorizing
Analytic Memos 50 // Analytic memos generate codes and categories 51 // Grounded Theory and its Coding Canon 51 // Analytic Memos on Visual Data 52 // Documents and artifacts 54 // Live and video recorded action 55 // Recommended guidance 56 // Three First Cycle Coding Methods 58 // Chapter Summary 58 // The Coding Cycles 58 // Selecting the Appropriate Coding Method(s) 59 // Various perspectives on coding decisions 60 // Research question alignment 60 // Paradigmatic, conceptual, and methodological considerations 61 // Coding and a priori goals 62 // Coding in mixed methods studies 62 // Exploratory coding 63 // "Generic" coding methods 64 // New and hybrid coding schemes 64 // General criteria for coding decisions 64 // On overwhelming fear 66 // Overview of First Cycle Coding Methods 66 // The Coding Methods Profiles 67 // Sources 67 // Description 67 // Applications 67 // Example 68 // Analysis 68 // Notes 69 // THE CODING MANUAL FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS // Grammatical Methods Attribute Coding Sources Description Applications Examples Analysis Notes Magnitude Coding Sources Description Applications Examples Analysis Notes Subcoding Sources Description Applications Example Analysis Notes // Simultaneous Coding Source Description Applications Examples Analysis Notes Elemental Methods Structural Coding Sources Description Applications Example Analysis Notes Descriptive Coding Sources Description Applications Example Analysis Notes In Vivo Coding //
// Example 189 // Analysis 190 // Dramaturgical code array 192 // Analytic memo 192 // Notes 193 // Code Mapping and Landscaping 194 // Code mapping 194 // Code landscaping 199 // Operational Model Diagramming 202 // Additional Transition Methods 204 // Tabletop categories 205 // From codes to themes 205 // “Shop talking" through the study 206 // Transitioning to Second Cycle Coding Methods 206 // Five Second Cycle Coding Methods 207 // Chapter Summary 207 // The Goals of Second Cycle Methods 207 // Overview of Second Cycle Coding Methods 209 // Second Cycle Coding Methods 209 // Pattern Coding 209 // Source 209 // Description 210 // Applications 210 // Example 210 // Analysis 211 // Notes 213 // Focused Coding 213 // Source 213 // Description 213 // Applications 213 // Example 213 // Analysis 215 // Notes 217 // Axial Coding 218 // Sources 218 // CONTENTS // ХІІІ // Description 218 // Applications 218 // Example 218 // Analysis 221 // Notes 223 // Theoretical Coding 223 // Sources 223 // Description 223 // Applications 224 // Example 224 // Analysis 226 // Notes 228 // Elaborative Coding 229 // Source 229 // Description 229 // Applications 229 // Example 229 // Analysis 231 // Notes 234 // Longitudinal Coding 234 // Sources 234 // Description 234 // Applications 237 // Example 238 // Analysis 240 // Notes 242 // Six After Second Cycle Coding 246 // Chapter Summary 246 // Post-Coding and Pre-Writing Transitions 246 // Focusing Strategies 247 // The “top 10" list 247
The study’s “trinity" 247 // Codeweaving 248 // The "touch test" 249 // From Coding to Theorizing 249 // Elements of a theory 250 // Categories of categories 250 // Categories and analytic memos as sources for theory 252 // Formatting Matters 253 // Rich text emphasis 253 // Headings and subheadings 253 // Findings "at a glance" 254 // Writing About Coding 254 // Ordering and Reordering 256 // XIV // THE CODING MANUAL FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS // Analytic storylining 257 // One thing at a time 257 // Begin with the conclusion 258 // Assistance from Others 258 // Peer and online support 258 // Searching for "buried treasure" 259 // Closure 259 // Appendix A A Glossary of Coding Methods 261 // Appendix В A Glossary of Analytic Recommendations 269 // Appendix С Field Note, Interview Transcript, and Document Samples for Coding 274 // Appendix D Exercises and Activities for Coding and Qualitative Data Analytic Skill Development 279 // References 283 // Index 299