July 31-August 1

Being in conversation with qualitative data can include identifying ideas that spark meaning, insight, and sense-making. This two-day course focuses on a range of selected methods of coding qualitative data for analytic outcomes that includes patterns, processes, causation, categories, and diagrams. The course will address:

• Various coding methods for qualitative data (with an emphasis on social media data)
• Analytic memo writing
• Heuristics for thinking qualitatively and analytically

Manual (hard copy) coding will be emphasized with a discussion of available analytic software for future use. Course content is derived from Saldaña’s The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers (4th edition, 2021, Sage Publishing).