A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 4 Four phases in data collection
Phase | Coding | Purpose | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Open | Categorizing codes within categories for advanced analysis | 50 individuals and 16 in group interviews |
2 | Axial | Specifying codes in detail; relay codes to one another to generate themes | |
3 | Selective | Creating a paradigm model and investigating themes relative to the model | |
4 | Selective | Testing, certifying, and explaining the paradigm model until saturated |