Full Description
Johnny Saldana's unique and invaluable manual demystifies the qualitative coding process with a comprehensive assessment of different coding types, examples and exercises. The ideal reference for students, teachers, and practitioners of qualitative inquiry, it is essential reading across the social sciences and neatly guides you through the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data. Its wide array of strategies, from the more straightforward to the more complex, is skillfully explained and carefully exemplified providing a complete toolkit of codes and skills that can be applied to any research project. For each code Saldana provides information about the method's origin, gives a detailed description of the method, demonstrates its practical applications, and sets out a clearly illustrated example with analytic follow-up. Now with a companion website, the book is supported by: SAGE journal articles showing coding being applied to real research Sample transcripts highlighting coding techniques Links to CAQDAS sites to introduce relevant software Practical student exercises Links to video and digital content This international bestseller is an extremely usable, robust manual and is a must-have resource for qualitative researchers at all levels.Click here for a listing of Johnny Saldana's upcoming workshops.
Contents
Chapter OneChapter Two: Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual DataChapter Three: First Cycle Coding MethodsChapter Four: After First Cycle CodingChapter Five: Second Cycle Coding MethodsChapter Six: After Second Cycle CodingAppendix A: A Glossary of Coding MethodsAppendix B: A Glossary of Analytic RecommendationsAppendix C: Field Note, Interview Transcript, and Document Samples for CodingAppendix D: Exercises and Activities for Coding and Qualitative Data Analytic Skill Development
