Tuesday, 14 April 2015

The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, 2^nd Edition,
Johnny Saldana, Sage, 2013, page 36

Saldana's first attribute is being organised. He robustly rejectes the idea that some people have it and some don't - he says that everyone cal learn and discipline themselves to be organised. Claiming that even a small-scale qualitative study's word-count can run from tens of thousands to several hundred thousands, he says being organised is the only way to make it work. He adds:

Data and label all incoming data and keep multiple digital and hard copies as backups.

Now that one I do have in hand!