In-class+Activity

The objective of coding is to reflect, theorize, compare data, sieve data, blend and compare interpretation. Code the pre selected passage based on one of the three ways of coding in qualitative research. The three ways of coding are as follows.


 * Descriptive || Topic || Analytical ||
 * Describes a case

Like quantitative coding (Refer to table 5.1 on page 94 in Richards' text) || Involves little interpretation

Lebelling text according to its subject

Can be done using software || Coding that comes from interpretation and reflection on meaning

Central to qualitative research

Facilitates theory generation and affirmation ||

Sample coding explanation for a text can be found on page 96.

"A man interviewed is discussing the need for community action in the local council elections, in which a schoolteacher is a candidate. The man says that he never listens to gossip about the schoolteacher; it's woman's stuff. But he does worry that she is standing for local council, when she is obviously not a responsible person" (p. 96).


 * Descriptive coding

Speaker - gender (male), age (45 years), and job (tradesman) || Topic coding

Topics in the passage- The need for community action and the schoolteacher (teacher's multi roles) || Analytical coding

About the school teacher-

Several themes - patriarchal assumptions, the credibility of gossip, the informal networks of women, the authority of the schoolteacherand the interplay of interpersonal and political relations || Helpful in theory 'emergence' and affirmation ||
 * stored as attributes || Labels for data reduction || Inference about the attitudes and actions