Coding Categories and Themes Discussion

A code is a word or short phrase that assigns an attribute, idea, or quality to a portion of text or visual data.
A category is a collection of these codes that share attributes, meaning, and/or intent. It is also labeled with a word or short phrase.
A theme is developed from one or more categories and can represent a “manifest” (directly observable) or “latent” (underlying) aspect of the phenomenon.

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For this Discussion, you will examine coding, categories, and themes in your qualitative data you previously collected.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Review Chapter 8 of the Ravitch and Carl text and Chapter 12 of the Rubin and Rubin text and consider the differences in coding, categories, and themes.
Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help found in this week’s Learning Resources to search for books, encyclopedias and articles related to coding, categories, and themes in qualitative research.
Review your coding of your phone interview transcript. Identify two or more codes that could be grouped into a category. Next, identify samples of text you chose to define the codes.
Do the same for one of the Scholars of Change videos that you coded.
Consider if you can detect a theme emerging from your data analysis process. If you can identify a theme, name and describe it. If you cannot, consider why this is the case.

BY DAY 3

Post an explanation of the differences between codes, categories, and themes. Provide examples from your work. Use your Learning Resources and the article you found to support your explanation.

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

Interview Guide Example

Date: Time: Interviewee Code #: Location of Interview:

Parts of the Interview Interview Questions Introduction • Hi, this is _Tamara Nelson ____. Thank you very much for helping

me practice my interview skills. As you know, the purpose of this interview is to talk about what social change means to you as a Walden student. This should last about 10 minutes. After the interview, I will be examining your answers to practice data analysis, and some of your answers will be shared with my Instructor and classmates. However, I will not identify you in my documents, and no one will be able to identify you with your answers. You can choose to stop this interview at any time. Also, I need to let you know that this interview will be recorded for transcription purposes.

Do you have any questions? No
Are you ready to begin? Yes

Question 1: 1. Can you tell me what program you are in at

Walden? I’m in the PHD program — Policy & Administration with an emphasis on non profits.

And what year did you start? I started in January 2018.

Parts of the Interview Interview Questions Question 2: 2. Was working for social change important to you before you came to Walden? Yes

Can you give me an example of what you did? Well, I’ve always worked in the non-profit sector specifically in the area of poverty alleviation, women’s empowerment, social justice.

Question 3: 3. Was the social change mission important to you in making your choice to come to Walden? It was a contributing factor, yes.

Please describe how it was important/not important to you. I wanted to attend a university where this issue (which was important to me) would be front and center in my work — after all, why get a PhD if you’re not going to contribute to social change.

Question 4: 4. From your perspective, what is social change? Social change is basically creating a shift in people’s thinking and actions about an issue. It can be on a micro level (within a family or neighborhood) or on a macro level, within a state nation or international. The idea is to bring about improvement in people’s lives for a better life for future generations.

Can you give me some examples of what you mean by that? For instance, carrying out studies on important social issues like gun regulation, immigration and/or community policing helps to inform policy makers and individuals about how/what approaches can be taken to resolve, improve or overhaul social problems.

Additional Questions:

How has you experience at Walden been so far? So far so good…it’s hard to be a full-time worker, mother, wife, daughter, and also a student.
can you give me some examples of what you mean by that? I have a million demands on my time…sometimes the studying gets a back burner…for instance during R2 I was traveling and had meetings late into the evening and it was hard to get online each evening for two weeks!
Do you prefer online learning vs a traditional classroom setting? I think I thrive more in a traditional classroom.
Please describe why /why not. I like to see people and the notion of having to go to a place forces me to make time for that…while I have good time management, sometimes I am not motivated to get it done.

Close 1. Thank you for your answers. Do you have anything

else you’d like to share? No

Parts of the Interview Interview Questions

Do you have any questions for me? None
Thank you for your time. Goodbye.