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The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
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The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

Fifth Edition (Revised and Updated Edition)
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March 2025 | 488 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Unlock the full potential of your qualitative research projects with this invaluable manual from world-renowned authority Johnny Saldaña. This essential guide delves into the latest advancements in coding, including the integration of AI tools like ChatGPT-4, empowering researchers to enhance their data analysis processes and outcomes.

This clearly updated edition offers:

· Comprehensive Coverage: Explore over 35 coding methods, complete with datasets, software screenshots, and multidisciplinary academic references.

· Global Appeal: Designed for an international readership, with inclusive data and real-world examples.

· Practical Guidance: Clear, academically grounded advice that bridges the gap between data generation and analysis, ensuring credibility and trustworthiness.

· Modern Relevance: Facilitates both manual and online coding, with detailed insights into CAQDAS and digital data handling.

Ideal for students, researchers, and professionals in education, the social sciences, and beyond, this manual with its’ accompanying online resources is your go-to reference for mastering qualitative coding and data analysis in the AI era.
 
Part One - Coding Foundations
 
1 An Introduction to Codes and Coding
 
2 Fundamental Coding Methods and Techniques
 
3 Writing Analytic Memos about Narrative and Visual Data
 
Part Two - First Cycle Coding Methods
 
4 Selecting First Cycle Coding Methods
 
5 Grammatical Coding Methods
 
6 Elemental Coding Methods
 
7 Affective Coding Methods
 
8 Literary and Language Coding Methods
 
9 Exploratory Coding Methods
 
10 Procedural Coding Methods
 
11 Methods of Themeing the Data
 
Part Three - Second Cycle Coding Methods
 
12 Transitioning from First to Second Cycle Coding Methods
 
13 Second Cycle Grounded Theory Coding Methods
 
14 Second Cycle Cumulative Coding Methods
 
15 After First and Second Cycle Coding Methods

Johnny Saldaña

Johnny Saldaña is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Film, Dance, and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where he taught from 1981 to 2014. He received his BFA in Drama and English Education in 1976, and MFA in Drama Education in 1979 from the University of Texas at Austin.Saldaña is the author of Longitudinal Qualitative Research: Analyzing Change through Time (AltaMira Press, 2003); Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (Oxford University Press, 2011); Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (Left Coast Press, 2011); Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind (Sage Publications, 2015... More About Author

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