Coding

October 19, 2005

In the HyperRESEARCH workshop this week we talked more about coding. I am finally learning how to code and how to analyze my data. I think my approach is going to be to do initial line by line coding. That will mean that I will make a code basically for each line or idea presented in the interview. Then, I will look for ways to collapse those codes into metacodes which incorporate more of the smaller codes. I think this is the best way to be thorough and not miss anything. It will also prevent my own bias from coming into play. I not only know these data, but I know these participants and I wouldn’t want to invent things that aren’t there. I want to see what the data say. This is going to be time consuming. I am doing okay with the transcribing, but I really need to get more done. I have to be able to present some preliminary findings in December.