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To organize and strategize data collection.
One way to help organize data is by coding. Coding refers to the identification of topics, issues, similarities, and differences that are revealed through the participants’ narratives and interpreted by the researcher. This process enables the researcher to begin to understand the world from each participant’s perspective(Sutton & Austin, 2015). Coding can be done by hand or by a software program to review the gathered transcripts of data and categorize specific topics in the research. It also can help establishing the credibility of research. Having an additional researcher code the same transcript and then to discuss any similarities and differences in the 2 resulting sets of codes. This simple act can result in revisions to the codes and can help to clarify and confirm the research findings(Sutton & Austin, 2015).
