diff --git a/notes b/notes index c717bf7549b7b3695f0ad4590bf30cf5231e05f9..e59953daca02023d0ff38c4caa894c14be6bb7e0 100644 --- a/notes +++ b/notes @@ -947,6 +947,53 @@ Initial coding questions: "Initial grounded theory coding can prompt you to see areas in which you lack needed data." (p.48) +active coding -> use gerunds +"We gain a strong sense of action and sequence with gerunds." (p.49) + +"If you ignore, gloss over, or leap beyond participants' +meanings and actions, your grounded theory will likely reflect an outsider's, +rather than an insider's view." (p.49) +"Outsiders often import an alien professional lan- +guage to describe the phenomenon." (p.49) + +"Make your codes fit the data +you have rather than forcing the data to fit them." (p.49) + +To do while coding: +" +Remain open +Stay close to the data +Keep your codes simple and precise +Construct short codes +Preserve actions +Compare data with data +Move quickly through the data. +" + +"Fresh data and line-by-line coding prompt you to remain open to the data +and to see nuances in it"(p.50) + +Being critical: +"Line-by-line coding frees you from becoming so immersed in your respon- +dents' worldviews that you accept them without question. Then you fail to look +at your data critically and analytically. Being critical about your data does not +necessarily mean being critical of your research participants. Instead, being +critical forces asking yourself questions about your data." (p. 51) + +in vivo codes: "codes of participants' special terms"(p.55) +"useful analytic point of departure" (p.55) +"preserve participants' meanings of their views and actions" (p.55) + +3 kinds of useful in vivo codes: +" +* Those general terms everyone 'knows' that flag condensed but significant +meanings +* A participant's innovative term that captures meanings or experience +* Insider shorthand terms specific to a particular group that reflect their +perspective. +" (p.55) + +"Pursue telling terms" (p.57) ================================================================ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main