What is Coding?

Coding is the process of bringing together passages in your data that seem to exemplify an idea or concept (represented in your project as nodes). As such, coding is a way of abstracting from your source data to build a greater understanding of the forces at play.

In NVivo, coding involves identifying references to different ideas, concepts or categories within your sources and linking them to the nodes which represent them.

Remember that you can code any portion of a sources' content to any number of nodes to demonstrate that it relates to each of their concepts or categories.

Why Do I Need to Code My Sources?

Coding the content of your sources can contribute to your analysis in the following important ways:

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