How We Code

• Published in: Advances in Quantitative Ethnography Vol. 1312; pp. 62 - 77
• Main Authors: Shaffer, David Williamson, Ruis, A. R.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2021; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Automated classifiers; Coding; Fairness; Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR); Validity

Coding data—defining concepts and identifying where they occur in data—is a critical aspect of qualitative data analysis, and especially so in quantitative ethnography. Coding is a central process for creating meaning from data, and while much has been written about coding methods and theory, relati...