Coding Qualitative Data Assignment Instructions

Instructions

Return to the Discussion Thread: Coding Qualitative Data. With interview transcripts in hand, create a code book for interviews. Look at the ways people coded their respective interviews. See if there is agreement on major and minor codes. Discuss the different kinds of stories each coding scheme might tell. Cut and sort by major and minor codes looking for patterns, relationships, further categorizations. Make note of analytical findings. Hold onto these clumps of coded data for a future exercise.

Assignment Specifics:

·       Student will write 3-5 page paper.

·       Citations from any of the required reading/presentations from the assigned module.

·       APA format.