In previous versions of ATLAS.ti it was useful to use the same colour for all codes of a category. In the third screenshot, some categories have been expanded, and you see the subcodes.
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You only code for sociodemographic characteristics if there are multiple respondents in one document as for instance is the case with focus group data. If you have interview transcripts and want to "code" for respondent attributes like gender, age, family status and the like, you need to use document groups. In the second screenshot, the folders have been expanded, and you see the type of categories which were sorted into the various folders. Code groups have been created as means to filter on folder and category level for different purposes. In the first screenshot, you only see the folder and category level. Within the folder you can develop categories with subcodes which can be applied to code the data.īelow we show you an example. Instead, they can be used at the folder level. You may find that some of these ideas easily translate into a category with subcodes others might be too abstract to code with them. Bazeley (2013) added people/actors/players, issues, i.e., matters raised about which there may be some debate, attitudes, beliefs, ideological positions, frameworks, cultural context, emotional responses or states, personal characteristics, impact/outcomes (facilitator or barriers). Bogdan and Biklen (1992) proposed setting/context, definition of the situation, perspectives, understandings of people and objects, process, activities, events, strategies, relationships and social structure. Lofland (1971) for example suggested acts, activities, meanings, participation, relationships, and settings. Several authors provide suggestions in what kind of ways codes in a code system might be grouped. Hence, you only need a 2-level hierarchy consisting of categories and subcodes. This can best be achieved if the kinds of things whose associations you want to explore are coded to different categories, in this case a category 'Emotion' with the various types of emotions as subcodes, and a category 'Event' with the various events as subcodes. You can for instance explorer whether particular events regularly bring forth particular emotions.
Not only will you be able to ask questions about a particular category, this will also allow you to explore relationships between categories, e.g., between emotions and events. It will assist you in identifying patterns of relationships in your data. It also sensitizes you to notice other subcodes that appear in the data. because you have a category for these types of things. You are for instance reminded to code for 'reasons for having children', 'sources of happiness', 'definition of happiness', etc. It provides a prompt to code additional aspects as you continue to code. It brings conceptual clarity for yourself and others It creates order: you know where to look to place or find a particular code Which codes might form a category, which ones need to be merged or split?Īpplying a hierarchically organised catalogue to your code system has several benefits. Then set the code group as filter so that you can focus on this smaller subset of codes. Via code groups you can collect codes that are connected. Code groups can help in this process as well. Managing your code means to start sorting and ordering them into folders, categories and subcodes. This can be after coding one document, one interview or a few. It is time to begin managing your list of codes. The list of code grows, and it becomes more and more difficult to keep an overview. Unless you are working with theoretically derived a priori codes, to start with, you will be creating codes to catch ideas as they happen. At the end of the chapter you will find a list of articles and books based on which the following recommendations were written.
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