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Figure 4.1: Step model of inductive category development (Mayring, 2000)
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4.4.4 Step 4: Testing the Coding Scheme on a Sample of the Text
To ensure clarity and consistency of the category definitions a sample of the data
was coded. Doubts and problems concerning the definitions of categories, coding
rules, or categorization of specific cases have been discussed with fellow students
(Schilling, 2006). In line with the step model of inductive category development
(Mayring, 2000) the iterative process of coding sample text, checking coding
consistency, and revising coding rules has been carried out continuously until
sufficient coding consistency was achieved (Weber, 1990).
4.4.5 Step 5: Coding All the Text
After sufficient consistency had been achieved, the coding rules were applied to the
entire body of text. During the coding process, the coding has been checked
repeatedly, to prevent ‘drifting into an particular sense of what the codes mean’
(Schilling, 2006). Because coding proceeded while new data was continued to be
collected, new themes and concepts continued to emerge.
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