Introduction Too many researchers discover problems with their research design late in the process—at the ethics stage, during peer review, or even in the viva. The most common issue is not a lack of effort or ambition, but misalignment. Coherence is the golden thread...
Once you understand what shapes your coding, your theoretical perspective, methodology, and analytic goals, the next challenge is often how to make it work in practice. Qualitative coding is about staying methodologically clear while thinking, noticing, interpreting,...
If you're doing qualitative research, you're probably coding your data. But coding isn't just a step you complete before the “real” analysis begins — it is a fundamental part of the analysis. It’s where you begin to make sense of what participants are saying, how...
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