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Hi Andrew, I reckon one of the best descriptions of the coding process I've read is Orona's piece in Social Science and medicine. She doesn't deal with Corbin and Strauss's levels of coding so much as how she processed it. Extremely useful I thought. Best Doug. Orona, C., 1990 'Temporality and identity loss due to Alzheimer's disease' Social Science and Medicine, vol. 30, pp. 1247-1256. >Hi All > >I wonder if anyone could furnish me with details of publication (whatever >format) that give good >practical common sense examples of the different levels of coding - starting >form sitting down with >a transcript. I am ready to start coding, but would like to see examples of >the movement through >the data (interview transcripts) and associated coding. >An example of my confusion is the need to code initially at the open level >and allow concepts to >emerge, which can then be grouped into categories, yet not do it in a >staccato manner - i.e. not >open code first, then try to group under categories. This conflict has >arisen form my study of The >Basics of Qualitative Research (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). > >Thanks in advance to any respondents > >Andrew King / Andrew Knight >PhD Student >Sheffield Hallam University