Johnny Saldana's unique and invaluable manual demystifies the qualitative coding process with a comprehensive assessment of different coding types, examples and exercises. The ideal reference is essential reading across the social sciences and neatly guides you through the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-331) and index.

An introduction to codes and coding -- Writing analytic memos about narrative and visual data -- First cycle coding methods -- After first cycle coding -- Second cycle coding methods -- After second cycle coding.