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Thinking about the Coding Process in Qualitative Data Analysis

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Elliott, Victoria·2018·The Qualitative Report
DOI 10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3560
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Coding is a ubiquitous part of the qualitative research process, but it is often under-considered in research methods training and literature. This article explores a number of questions about the coding process which are often raised by beginning researchers, in the light of the recommendations of methods textbooks and the factors which contribute to an answer to these questions. I argue for a conceptualisation of coding as a decision-making process, in which decisions about aspects of coding such as density, frequency, size of data pieces to be coded, are all made by individual researchers in line with their methodological background, their research design and research questions, and the practicalities of their study. This has implications for the way that coding is carried out by researchers at all stages of their careers, as it requires that coding decisions should be made in the context of an individual study, not once and for all.

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Authors
Elliott, V.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Elliott, Victoria
ORCID
Elliott, Victoria
Venue
The Qualitative Report
Publisher
Nova Southeastern University
Published
2018-11-24
ISSN
  • 1052-0147 (ISSN-L)
  • 2160-3715
DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3560
OpenAlex
W2902680660
Cited by
746
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 47 · 2025: 110 · 2024: 110 · 2023: 136 · 2022: 113 · 2021: 126 · 2020: 82 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 1
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186.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • The Qualitative Report (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Data Analysis and Archiving
Keywords
qualitative data analysis, coding process, research design, research questions, research training

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