Table of Contents

Section 1: Why do I need to be systematic with my data?
Section 2: How can I get to know my data?
Section 3: How can I devise a coding frame?
Section 4: How can I use a coding frame?
Section 5: How can I create and use emergent coding?
Section 6: How can I analyse my data?
Section 7: What do I do once I have identified the themes in my data?

About the Author

Helen Kara is a leading independent researcher, author, teacher and speaker specialising in research methods, particularly creative methods, and research ethics. With over twenty years’ experience as an independent researcher Helen now teaches doctoral students and staff at higher education institutions worldwide. She is a prolific academic author with over 25 titles; notably Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide and Research and Evaluation for Busy Students and Practitioners, both in their second editions. Besides her regular blogs and videos, she also writes comics and fiction. Helen is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2021, at the age of 56, she was diagnosed autistic. Her neurodiversity explains her lifelong fascination with, and ability to focus on, words, language and writing.