Creating themes from Constant Comparison analysis
Readings:
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Clean and organizes each code:
1. Review your codes. Pull all excerpts and read quotes that were coded. Ideally there will be some repeats if you all coded the same thing! Do all the excerpt make sense to be under that code? Are there more than one idea under this code? Or maybe differing views of this code (from participants or coders)?
2. Draft a code description. Write a sentence or paragraph that describes what this code is in a manner that another person can understand what it means and what would be coded under it. Citations are nice here in 'real life' studies but not required for this.
3. Summarize code meaning from participant's quotes. In #2 you described your intended meaning. Now summarize what it meant to participants. You can use their words interwoven here but give them credit.
4. Find exemplar quotes. You will want to include actual quotes from your data set in your final report that help to illustrate codes, categories and themes. This gives readers an example of a code so they can judge your coding. While you are reading through all the codes, now is a good time to note good ones to choose from later. Note which participant it was too so you don't over-represent one voice.
Dive deeper into codes:
Watch: DeDoose - Helpful charts to consider. Chart explanations: http://www.dedoose.com/userguide/analysisandfiltering
As you explore tables, capture notes about the following specifically and anything else that stands out to you. These notes will likely become paragraphs in your final report.
- Triangulation (is everyone representing all codes?)
- Density (how frequent is it being coded? -- remember these are represented strongly is all 4 of you coded the same
- Which codes seem the most "real" or most important and how can you tell?