Framework
The six parts of a codebook entry for team coding
The six-part codebook entry described by MacQueen, McLellan, Kay and Milstein in 1998 for team-based qualitative analysis. It is for institutional researchers and quality staff who code open-text course feedback with more than one person, or who compare theme counts across years. Write every code with all six parts and check a sample with a second coder. Koji groups open answers into themes with quotes, which can be a first draft of the codes.
What's in this framework
- Code: A short label or mnemonic used while coding.
- Brief definition: One line on what the code means.
- Full definition: A fuller account of the concept the code captures.
- When to use: What in the text should get this code.
- When not to use: Look-alike text that belongs to another code, and which code that is.
- Example: Real text from the data that shows the code in use.
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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.koji.so/visuals/macqueen-codebook-entry-six-parts">The six parts of a codebook entry for team coding</a>, Koji</p>
