The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

SAGE Publications Ltd
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Contents
 
An Introduction to Codes and Coding
 
Chapter Summary
 
Purposes of the Manual
 
What Is a Code?
 
Codifying and Categorizing
 
What Gets Coded?
 
The Mechanics of Coding
 
The Numbers of Codes
 
Manual and CAQDAS Coding
 
Solo and Team Coding
 
Necessary Personal Attributes for Coding
 
On Method
 
Writing Analytic Memos
 
Chapter Summary
 
The Purposes of Analytic Memo-Writing
 
What Is an Analytic Memo?
 
Examples of Analytic Memos
 
Coding and Categorizing Analytic Memos
 
Grounded Theory and Its Coding Canon
 
Analytic Memos on Visual Data
 
First-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Chapter Summary
 
The Coding Cycles
 
Selecting the Appropriate Coding Method(s)
 
Overview of First-Cycle Coding Methods
 
The Coding Methods Profiles
 
Grammatical Methods
 
Elemental Methods
 
Affective Methods
 
Literary and Language Methods
 
Exploratory Methods
 
Forms for Additional First-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Theming the Data
 
Procedural Methods
 
After First-Cycle Coding
 
Chapter Summary
 
Post-Coding Transitions
 
Eclectic Coding
 
Code Mapping and Landscaping
 
Operational Model Diagramming
 
Additional Transition Methods
 
Transitioning to Second-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Second-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Chapter Summary
 
The Goals of Second-Cycle Methods
 
Overview of Second-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Second-Cycle Coding Methods
 
Forms for Additional Second-Cycle Coding Methods
 
After Second-Cycle Coding
 
Chapter Summary
 
Post-Coding and Pre-Writing Transitions
 
Focusing Strategies
 
From Coding to Theorizing
 
Formatting Matters
 
Writing about Coding
 
Ordering and Re-Ordering
 
Assistance from Others
 
Closure
Appendix A: A Glossary of Coding Methods

 
Appendix B: A Glossary of Analytic Recommendations

 
Appendix C: Field Note, Interview Transcript and Document Samples for Coding

 
Appendix D: Exercises and Activities for Coding and Qualitative Data Analytic Skill Development

 
References

 
Index

 
Independent Customer Reviews

The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, by Johnny Saldana, was not around when I learned to code qualitative data. I wish it had been...Saldana provides a skeleton on which to hang qualitative data analysis, which I have not seen in other approaches to the subject.

Molly Engle, American Journal of Evaluation

“One admirable quality of Saldaña’s work is that he does not overstate the significance of qualitative data coding: he positions himself as a strong believer in its value, while acknowledging and addressing six common critiques of coding including that coding can be reductionist or even dangerous (pp. 38–40). This proleptic honesty only makes his argument for more principled and rigorous coding all the more convincing...More than anything, this text is highly practical; in addition to definitions, catalogs, and examples, Saldaña delineates in painstaking detail every step of the coding process, including discussions of what exactly can be coded, quantity of data to code, and coding mechanics...The chapters in the Manual follow a helpfully predictable format…after having studied one chapter, the reader will become accustomed to the book’s pattern of presenting key concepts and practical applications.”

 

Elmar Hashimov, Ball State University
Technical Communication Quarterly

This book fills a major gap in qualitative research methods courses. Saldaña has accomplished what has not been done before - creating a text that clearly identifies the many choices one has in coding their data. I wish I had this book when I started conducting qualitative research. It should be required reading for all.

Mark Winton
University of Central Florida

An excellent handbook that helps demystify the coding process with a comprehensive assessment of different coding types, examples and exercises. As such it is a valuable teaching resource and it will also be of use to anyone undertaking qualitative analysis.

Kevin Meethan
Plymouth University

The Coding Manual describes the qualitative coding process with clarity and expertise. Its wide array of strategies, from the more straightforward to the more complex, are skilfully explained and exemplified. This extremely usable manual is a must-have resource for qualitative researchers at all levels.

Tara M. Brown
Brandeis University

Last year I used this book as a supplemental text in my advance qualitative course, but this year I will be requiring this text because it provides detailed examples on the coding process.

Dr Jennifer Roberts
Educational Studies Dept, Saint Louis University
August 13, 2015
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Will use as a reference text in my work with doctoral students and as a supplemental text for the qualitative research methods course I teach.

Dr Carolyn Graff
College Of Nursing, Univ Of Tenn-Hlth Sci Ctr
May 3, 2015
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Contributors: 

Johnny Saldaña

Johnny Saldaña is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Film, Dance, and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where he taught from 1981 to 2014. He received his BFA in Drama and English Education in 1976, and MFA in Drama Education in 1979 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Saldaña is the author of Longitudinal Qualitative Research: Analyzing Change through Time (AltaMira Press, 2003); Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (Oxford University Press, 2011); Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (Left Coast Press, 2011); Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind (Sage Publications, 2015); a commissioned title for Routledge’s World Library of Educationalists Series, Writing Qualitatively: The Selected Works of Johnny Saldaña (Routledge, 2018); co-author with the late Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook (4th ed., Sage Publications, 2020); co-author with Matt Omasta for Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life (Sage Publications, 2018); and the editor of Ethnodrama: An Anthology of Reality Theatre (AltaMira Press, 2005). Previous editions of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers have been translated into Korean, Turkish, and Chinese-Simplified.

Saldaña’s methods works have been cited and referenced in more than 16,000 research studies conducted in over 130 countries in disciplines such as K-12 and higher education, medicine and health care, technology and social media, business and economics, government and social services, the fine arts, the social sciences, human development, and communication. He has published a wide range of research articles in journals such as Research in Drama Education, The Qualitative Report, Multicultural Perspectives, Youth Theatre Journal, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Teaching Theatre, Research Studies in Music Education, Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, the International Review of Qualitative Research, and Qualitative Inquiry, and has contributed several chapters to research methods handbooks. His most popular journal article, “Blue-Collar Qualitative Research: A Rant” (Qualitative Inquiry, 2014), has been downloaded by over 3,000 readers, according to ResearchGate.

Saldaña’s research in qualitative inquiry, data analysis, and performance ethnography has received awards from the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, the National Communication Association-Ethnography Division, the American Educational Research Association’s Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, New York University’s Program in Educational Theatre, the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, and the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.