first cycle coding methods

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  • attribute coding
  • structural coding or holistic coding
  • descriptive coding
  • in vivo coding, initial coding, and / or values coding
  • process coding
  • emotion coding (code their emotions)
  • values coding (code their values)
  • versus coding (code focusing on conflict)
  • evaluation coding (code focusing on recommendations and judgements from participants)
  • dramaturgical coding (treating responses like a social drama, focus on speaking as a performance)
  • motif coding (focus on recurring themes)
  • narrative coding (treating participant responses like part of a narrative with structure)
  • verbal exchange coding (coding with a focus on the type of conversation)

Other coding methods

Coding Manual For Qualitative Researchers-Saldana has a lot more, but I skimmed through most of them since they seemed to only be variations really.