Sociological Methods & Research· 2013Q1
Coding In-depth Semistructured Interviews
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A novel procedure standardizes text units and refines coding schemes to improve reliability in semistructured interview analysis, achieving acceptable intercoder agreement.
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Key points
- Researchers often fail to report coding reliability for semistructured interview data.
- A new procedure standardizes text units for coding.
- The method enhances coding schemes' discriminant capability to reduce errors.
- Reliability is measured using intercoder reliability or agreement.
- The approach is suitable for single-coder studies and other qualitative data.
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Abstract
Many social science studies are based on coded in-depth semistructured interview transcripts. But researchers rarely report or discuss coding reliability in this work. Nor is there much literature on the subject for this type of data. This article presents a procedure for developing coding schemes for such data. It involves standardizing the units of text on which coders work and then improving the coding scheme’s discriminant capability (i.e., reducing coding errors) to an acceptable point as indicated by measures of either intercoder reliability or intercoder agreement. This approach is especially useful for situations where a single knowledgeable coder will code all the transcripts once the coding scheme has been established. This approach can also be used with other types of qualitative data and in other circumstances.
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