The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

• Main Author: Saldana, Johnny (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: City Road, London SAGE 2016
• Edition: Third edition
• Subjects: Qualitative research; Qualitative Research > Data processing; Social sciences > Research
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• Item Description: First edition published in 2009. Second edition published 2013
• Physical Description: xiv, 339 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-331) and index
• ISBN: 9781473902480; 9781473902497

Johnny Saldaña's unique and invaluable manual demystifies the qualitative coding process with a comprehensive assessment of different coding types, examples and exercises. The ideal reference for students, teachers, and practitioners of qualitative inquiry, it is essential reading across the social sciences and neatly guides you through the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data. Its wide array of strategies, from the more straightforward to the more complex, is skillfully explained and carefully exemplified providing a complete toolkit of codes and skills that can be applied to any research project. For each code Saldaña provides information about the method's origin, gives a detailed description of the method, demonstrates its practical applications, and sets out a clearly illustrated example with analytic follow-up.