DEFINING CODING METHODS

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Dear all

Having a detailed look at the data collected, I have found two methods for coding my data, based on Strauss and Corbin (1990):

1. OPEN CODING: Consisting on breaking down, revising, comparing, conceptualizing and categorizing my data (Strauss, and Corbin, 1990: 61).

2. THEORETICAL SENSITIVITY TECHNIQUES: Especially designed to allow the clarification of assumptions made by the people who appear in the data. Two techniques that I used were the use of questioning and the analysis of a word, phrase, sentence.

Reference:

Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative research. Grounded theory: procedures and techniques. London: SAGE publications, 95.