Qualitative data analysis
What do Strauss & Corbin mean by “open coding”?
Breaking data down and examining it to identify themes and concepts
Coding without the intention of building a theory
Drawing open brackets alongside key words and phrases
Telling everybody about the way you have coded the data
Breaking data down and examining it to identify themes and concepts
Strauss & Corbin (1990, cited on page 574) refer to three types of coding: open, axial and selective. “Open coding” generally occurs in the initial stages of the research and involves examining the data in detail in order to generate a wide range of concepts, which can later be grouped into categories. “Axial coding” reassembles the data along new ‘axes’ and “selective coding” isolates the core category, the focus around which all other categories will be integrated.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 574
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 574
Breaking data down and examining it to identify themes and concepts Strauss & Corbin (1990, cited on page 574) refer to three types of coding: open, axial and selective. “Open coding” generally occurs in the initial stages of the research and involves examining the data in detail in order to generate a wide range of concepts, which can later be grouped into categories. “Axial coding” reassembles the data along new ‘axes’ and “selective coding” isolates the core category, the focus around which all other categories will be integrated.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 574
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 574
Related posts
What is narrative analysis?A. A literary approach to documents
B. An approach that is sensitive to questions that concern how people choose to sequence and represent people and events
C. A form of thematic analysis
D. A method of improving the quality of interview material
What is one of the main ethical problems associated with conducting a secondary analysis of qualitative data?
A. The participants may not have given informed consent to the reuse of their data
B. It involves deceiving respondents about the nature of the research
C. The secondary analyst must adopt a covert role and is at risk of “going native”
D. Respondents are likely to experience physical harm as a result of the process
What are memos?
A. Notes that researchers write to themselves
B. Reminders of what is meant by key terms or phrases
C. Building blocks for theorizing
D. All of the above
In analytic induction, what happens if the researcher finds a deviant case?
A. They ignore it and carry on
B. They must either redefine or reformulate the hypothesis
C. They conduct a parametric statistical test
D. They give up and decide to be quantitative researchers instead
Which of the following is not a tool of grounded theory?
A. Theoretical sampling
B. Coding
C. External validity
D. Constant comparison
What do advocates of narrative analysis prefer to study?
A. The extent to which analytic induction can be value-free
B. The iterative process of grounded
C. The ethical implications of conducting a secondary analysis of qualitative data
D. The ways in which people use stories to make sense of events in their lives
What is a “substantive theory” in Strauss & Corbin’s view?
A. One that operates at the highest level of abstraction
B. One that is highly controversial and provokes a critical response
C. One that relates to an empirical instance or substantive topic area
D. One that is amenable to statistical analysis
Leave a Reply