Clarifying the Complexities of Qualitative Research: A Book Review of Phillip Adu’s A Step-by-Step Guide to Qualitative Data Coding

Handling a large number of diverse types of qualitative data can be challenging for qualitative researchers. Also, there seems to be no clear standard for qualitative data analysis unlike the quantitative form. This is one of the main reasons for difficulties in analysing qualitative data and may ca...

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Published in:Qualitative report Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 2168 - 2170
Main Author: Lee, Gyeonghwa
Format: Book Review
Language:English
Published: Fort Lauderdale Nova Southeastern University, Inc 01.07.2021
The Qualitative Report
Subjects:
Credibility
Data
Data analysis
Data collection
Qualitative research
Research Methodology
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Abstract Handling a large number of diverse types of qualitative data can be challenging for qualitative researchers. Also, there seems to be no clear standard for qualitative data analysis unlike the quantitative form. This is one of the main reasons for difficulties in analysing qualitative data and may cause concerns about the issue of research credibility. Dr Adu’s book may help to solve such worries and challenges by providing a step-by-step qualitative data coding process from setting up the research paradigms to presenting findings systematically, concretely, and comprehensively.
AbstractList Handling a large number of diverse types of qualitative data can be challenging for qualitative researchers. Also, there seems to be no clear standard for qualitative data analysis unlike the quantitative form. This is one of the main reasons for difficulties in analysing qualitative data and may cause concerns about the issue of research credibility. Dr Adu's book may help to solve such worries and challenges by providing a step-by-step qualitative data coding process from setting up the research paradigms to presenting findings systematically, concretely, and comprehensively. Keywords: qualitative data coding, coding method, qualitative data analysis software, presentation of qualitative findings, NVivo
Handling a large number of diverse types of qualitative data can be challenging for qualitative researchers. Also, there seems to be no clear standard for qualitative data analysis unlike the quantitative form. This is one of the main reasons for difficulties in analysing qualitative data and may cause concerns about the issue of research credibility. Dr Adu’s book may help to solve such worries and challenges by providing a step-by-step qualitative data coding process from setting up the research paradigms to presenting findings systematically, concretely, and comprehensively.
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