The two researchers discussed the categorization until
a consensus was reached.
A third researcher, also familiar
with qualitative methods, then checked the consistency
of the categories and subcategories (Lincoln and Guba,
1985).
His analysis was in agreement with the first
one (i.e., 87% of codes) which is considered as a high
percentage of inter-coder agreement (Lincoln and Guba,
1985; Patton, 2002).
A fourth researcher, external to the
project, was then asked to validate the analysis (Lincoln
and Guba, 1985).