of the complexity of doing data coding for qual research
... coding process when the researcher turns and twists the maze of codes from a rather mechanical exercise into a creative, sensemaking endeavor for which there is no magic formula. One can analyze each dimension to death, but the development of a relevant set of distinct, yet related, core categories is an individual and imaginative process with many “attempts,” each time with verification that must validate or disconfirm to which point the categories are well grounded in the data. This theory-generating process becomes rather elastic (Jones and Noble, 2007) and, like most mind-trips, they are hard to share! This therefore calls for the usage of complementary triangulation methods which can help ensuring that we are indeed capturing “the right” concepts and that these concepts generate “the right” model, aggregated dimensions or theory; let alone methods that can help document this process.
Jonsen & Jehn (2009) Using triangulation to validate themes in qualitative studies, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal Vol. 4 No. 2, 2009 pp. 123-150
Jonsen & Jehn (2009) Using triangulation to validate themes in qualitative studies, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal Vol. 4 No. 2, 2009 pp. 123-150