Friendly URL: lib.gsu.edu/qualcoding
Created by Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh, Georgia State University, Head of Research Data Services (RDS) -- email: aswygarthobaugh@gsu.edu
NVivo guide: lib.gsu.edu/nvivo-guide
Applies knowledge from Part 1 mini-methods talk by hands-on coding an interview transcript using NVivo qualitative data analysis (QDA) tool.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- to get hands-on experience using the NVivo qualitative data analysis (QDA) tool: Participants use the NVivo QDA tool to do analytical coding of an interview transcript. They also gain experience in the process of collaborative coding (wherein multiple researchers code the same data and compare the common and divergent themes found in the data) and explore the strengths and challenges of subjectivity and differential interpretation in the qualitative coding process.
A semi-structured qualitative interview collected from one participant, identified as P1, recruited for the interview because they had indicated experiencing food insecurity throughout their childhood into young adulthood during a previous conversation with the Interviewer.
Two overall research questions and corresponding interview questions:
RQ1: to gain detailed understanding of adults’ reflections on their experiences of food insecurity during their childhood and young adulthood.
RQ2: to gain deeper understanding of experiences of stigma among those who experienced food insecurity as children and/or young adults, including potential lasting impacts into adulthood.
DATA FILES: The files below include [1] file with selected excerpts from one interview, [2-4] 3 separate files with 3 different excerpts from full response to Q1, [5] a separate file for the full response to Q2, [6] a file with the whole transcript responses to Q1 and Q2, [7] a methods memo example, and [8] a field notes example.
NOTE: The interviewee gave permission to share their interview transcript for teaching purposes -- you also may reuse for teaching/learning purposes [but NOT for research purposes, please].
