166503 Codes to Model Construction

Sunday, November 4, 2007: 2:30 PM

Keith Bletzer, PhD, MPH , School of Human Evoluation and Social Change (anthropology), Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Codes are basic to formal analysis. They provide structure to the data that permits quick aggregation, an index of main concepts and themes found within a given data set as well as across multiple data sets, and both a visual and computerized means for exploration of interrelated aspects of coded concepts and themes. Coding can be done by individuals or by teams, working together or separately (according to whether inter-coder reliability checks are desired), and codes may be pre-determined by adherence to research hypotheses or they may be developed through code emergence in the process of reviewing transcripts for coding. Participants will work in small groups for hands-on experience in moving into model building.

Learning Objectives:
Describe the advantages of data coding according to the needs of analysis. Review approaches to building an analysis based on transcript codes. Identify at least one difficulty in this stage of ethnographic analysis.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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