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“I am not going to lie before this workbook showed up, I was extremely confused during my doctoral qualitative data analysis course. This workbook explained everything to me.”
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For doctoral and master's students coding qualitative data
From raw transcripts to themes you can defend.
The Qualitative Coding Workbook
Your methods textbook explained what coding is. Nobody gave you the tools to do it. This workbook is a fill-in coding system that takes you from the first read-through to a complete audit trail, with a worked example beside every blank template.
- Coding worksheets built on Saldaña's first- and second-cycle coding
- A master codebook and theme canvases built on Braun & Clarke
- Trustworthiness and an audit trail mapped to Lincoln & Guba
By Dr. Rafiq Muhammad, MD, PhD · 258 pages · Thematic analysis, grounded theory, phenomenology and more · Paperback $35.99 · ★★★★★ 18 reader reviews
What readers say
Reader reviews
★★★★★ 18 reader reviews from Amazon
shruti k.
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“Throughout my phd, I had to refer to multiple research books, but none of them so simplified and put together for qualitative analysis.”
Read on Amazon →Poised and Elegant
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“As a doctoral student working on my dissertation, this is a fabulous resource for anyone conducting qualitative research. The workbook is broken down into small, manageable sections, each with an associated checklist.”
Read on Amazon →Katelyn J.
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“The audit trail sections, in particular, helped me think more carefully about documenting my process.”
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“I am currently working on my dissertation for school and doing a qualitative study and this has helped tremendously with coding.”
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“I am impressed with the coverage of reflexivity in this book. The attention given to the statement of positionality is fantastic.”
Read on Amazon →Ashley H. L.
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“It offers 45 structured templates that make the challenging task of thematic analysis more manageable by providing a step-by-step system that ensures academic rigor.”
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“Unlike many research books that focus on theory, this one shows you exactly how to do the work.”
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“This book is an excellent asset for anyone beginning a qualitative research project.”
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“This book forces you to engage with qualitative analysis, rather than just explaining it.”
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“However, it does seem to be written and used as it was intended to be which is why I gave it a five star.”
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“Very easily layout and very helpful. Tons of templates to go over and tons of information.”
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“It has 45 templates for you to work with and even tells you how to use this book to the best advantage.”
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“It’s extremely detailed in what you will be learning and easy to use.”
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“So much info. A lot to learn here and you may need to read it twice . Great”
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“This book is based off of qualitative research and it is an amazing coding book.”
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“This workbook breaks down coding into ten different sections to get the results you need to succeed.”
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“I’ve really come to appreciate this series as I continue mentoring doctoral students, and this one on qualitative coding is a great addition to my collection.”
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Where qualitative analysis gets stuck
“I'm staring at hundreds of pages of transcripts and I don't know where to start.”
“My codes keep multiplying and I can't see the themes.”
“My committee asked for an audit trail and I don't have one.”
“I'm not sure my analysis would hold up to a reviewer.”
Coding is a process you can document, not a talent you either have or don't. When every step produces a page your supervisor can review, your methodology chapter is largely written by the time you finish coding.
How it works
Code. Build themes. Show your trail.
The full analytic path, with every decision written down as you go.
Step 1
Code the data
Immerse, memo, then code line by line or segment by segment, and build a master codebook.
Step 2
Develop themes
Cluster codes into categories, develop and name themes, map them, and test their quality.
Step 3
Prove your rigour
Reflexivity, inter-coder reliability where it fits, and an audit trail mapped to Lincoln & Guba.
What you will have
What you will have
- Line-by-line and segment-by-segment coding worksheets
- A master codebook with inclusion and exclusion criteria, exemplars and version control
- Theme development canvases, a theme naming workshop and a thematic map
- Inter-coder reliability tools, including Cohen's kappa worksheets
- Adaptation guides for phenomenology, grounded theory, case study, narrative inquiry and ethnography
- Reflexivity journals and a positionality statement builder
- An audit trail checklist and trustworthiness evidence for your methods chapter
Look inside
Every template comes with a worked example
One interview study is worked through every chapter, from first codes to final themes. These are real pages. Tap to enlarge.
Is it for you?
Built for qualitative analysis
It is for you if
- You are coding interview, focus group or open-ended survey data for a thesis
- You are doing qualitative research for the first time
- You teach qualitative analysis, or need a rigorous qualitative strand in a mixed-methods study
It is not
- A textbook with chapters of theory before you can start
- Software. The templates work on paper or alongside any coding software.
- A replacement for your supervisor's judgement on your analysis
Dr. Rafiq Muhammad, MD, PhD
Clinician-researcher, PhD from Karolinska Institutet, and author of the Mastering Research books and workbooks, used by graduate students from the research question to the viva.
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Ways to get it
Paperback
$35.99 on Amazon
- The same 258 pages in print
- Write in it by hand
- Shipped by Amazon
Qualitative Coding Kit
$19 instant download
- Every fill-in template, as a fillable PDF
- Type, save and print; US Letter and A4
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Questions
Before you buy
I'm using thematic analysis. Is the whole book relevant?
Yes. Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis is the default framework for the core chapters. Chapter 8 then adapts the process for other traditions.
Do I need inter-coder reliability?
Not always. The book explains when it is appropriate and when, as in reflexive thematic analysis, it is not, and gives you the tools if you need them.
Does it work with coding software?
Yes. The templates work on paper or alongside any coding software, and there is a planning sheet for moving your work into software.
Will it help me write the methods chapter?
That is a large part of the point: the reflexivity, trustworthiness and audit-trail templates produce the evidence your methods chapter needs.
Your transcripts are waiting
Code them with a process you can show, and themes you can defend.
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