Three Strategies for Qualitative Coding (Online)

REGISTER HERE Registration will close at 11:59pm 2/2/2025. No late registrations will be accepted.

This 3-hour course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded.

Descriptions in textbooks about classic approaches to coding qualitative data rarely coincide perfectly with the demands imposed by time and resources in the real world of practice. This short course reviews three approaches to coding qualitative data. The first two approaches – a purely inductive approach and an approach that combines deductively and inductively derived codes are more familiar than the third approach. The third approach is when a coding scheme is developed by mixed analysis that links qualitative and quantitative data on related constructs. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach are identified, as well as suggestions about how the coding process can be adapted to be less time intensive. In an interactive component, participants will experiment with different approaches to coding. The course will be useful to researchers engaged in qualitative research projects, as well as those who are interested in using an approach with mixed methods.

This course will count for 4.0 CSS short course credits.

Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Creamer

Dr. Elizabeth G. Creamer is professor emerita from the Educational Research and Evaluation Program in the School of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her educational background spans the humanities and education as she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Education at Northwestern University, a master’s degree in English and Reading Instruction at Colorado State University, and a doctorate in education from Virginia Tech. Over the course of her 35+-year career as both an academic and an administrator, Creamer authored 4 books or monographs, 145 journal articles and book chapters, and more that 100 conference presentations and workshops, including in many international venues. Creamer is the authors of two textbooks and a third that is in progress: An Introduction to Fully Integrated Mixed Methods Research with SAGE in 2018 and Advancing Grounded Theory with Mixed Methods published in August 2021 by Routledge/Francis and Taylor. Her newest writing project involves a book to appear in 2024, Leveraging Visual Displays in Qualitative Mixed Method Research.

Registration fees:

• UNC Chapel Hill Students: $0, with a $25 deposit to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course)
• UNC Chapel Hill Faculty/Staff/Postdoc/Resident/Visiting Scholars: $50
• University (Non UNC Chapel Hill) Student/Employee (must have active university email): $75
• Government/Non-Profit/Corporate: $100

Additional course information:

• Cancellation/ Refund Policy: A full refund will be given to those who cancel their registration no later than 10 days prior to the course. If you cancel within the 10 days prior to the class, no refund will be given. Please allow 30 days to receive your refund.
• Zoom link for those attending online will be sent prior to the course. Registration must be made at least 1 day prior to the course date to receive the Zoom link.

 

For questions regarding this class, please contact Jill Stevens at jill_stevens@unc.edu