04 Aug The coding manual for qualitative researchers

Discussion 1: What About Focus Groups?

Focus groups can provide rich, thick descriptions of experiences, attitudes, and opinions shared by a group of individuals who have in common a shared experience about the phenomena you are studying.

Review the resources in the course and online about the challenges, advantages, and disadvantages of using focus groups as part your research methods. Consider if, for your topic, whether a focus group would be a good choice for data collection.

For this Discussion, you will explore the differences between individual interviewing and focus groups.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Review the Learning Resources related to coding, data analysis, and focus groups.

Review the focus group media program found in the Learning Resources and consider how you might use a focus group in collecting data for the topic of your research

Saldaña, J. (2021). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (4th ed.). Sage Publications.

• Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Codes and Coding” (pp. 3–23)
• Chapter 3, “Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative and Visual Data” (pp. 57–84) (previously read in Week 5)
• Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211) (previously read in Week 5)

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.

Review Chapter 5 Methods of Data collection” (pp. 124-163)

• Chapter 8, “An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis” (pp. 233–252)
• Chapter 9, “Methods and Processes of Data Analysis (pp. 254–294)
• Onwuegbuzie, A. J., Dickinson, W. B, Leech, N. L., and Zoran, A. G. (2009). A qualitative framework for collecting and analyzing data in focus group research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods and International Institute for Qualitative Methodology. (pp. 1-21).
  Document: Excel Video Coding Document Template (Excel spreadsheet) (previously used in Week 5)Review this Excel template as you view this week’s media programs related to coding. Also, you will use this template for organizing your transcripts and preparing them for coding. (2016). How to plan and conduct a focus group [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Give Explanation of:

The difference between collecting data using individual interviews and a focus group (e.g., intent, selecting participants, conducting the interview or focus group)

Given the topic you are currently using for your research, would you consider using a focus group for your study? Why or why not?                                                                                                                                                                              Discussion 2: Coding Scholar of Change Video #2

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the chapters in the Saldaña text.
• Review the Introduction to Coding and From Content to Coding media programs in the Learning Resources.

Refer back to your observational field notes from Weeks 1–4 Scholars of Change videos.

From the remaining videos, choose a different Scholars of Change video and refer to your notes from your observation for this Discussion.

Access the transcript you downloaded for the media program of the Scholars of Change video you selected for this Discussion.

• Begin to code the transcript and the observational field notes of the Scholar of Change video you chose. (Note: You will only need one or two codes for this Discussion, although more are acceptable.
• A brief description of the video. Next, include an example of one or two codes and provide quotes from your notes or transcript to support your example. Finally, explain your reasoning for this coding.                                                                                                                           Topper, C. (2014). Christin Topper, PhD student, bringing the natural world to Hong Kong [Video file].