In vivo codes use the direct language and terminology used by the participants rather than alternative methods where codes are researcher-derived.

Find connections between ideas in your research using axial coding. Read more for a step by step example of the qualitative analysis method of axial coding.

This article covers split coding and consensus coding, used by research teams to enhance the trustworthiness of their qualitative data analysis.

Intercoder reliability ensures that when you have multiple researchers coding a set of data, that they come to the same conclusions.

This article delves into inductive thematic analysis and deductive thematic analysis.

This article introduces reflexive thematic analysis (RTA) in qualitative research, a flexible yet systematic approach to thematic analysis that values the researcher’s subjectivity.

Choose a deductive approach to start with predefined codes, an inductive approach to let the data guide your coding, or blend both for flexibility in your qualitative research.

Open coding, axial coding, and selective coding are all steps in the grounded theory method of analyzing qualitative data.

Pattern coding groups qualitative data into sets, themes, and constructs.