Constant Comparison Method:
A. Concept Formation: Coding
• Coding occurs at three levels
• Level 1 coding: also called substantive codes
• Study the data line by line looking for key processes – codify the substance of the data
• Substantive codes use participants’ words
• Level 2 coding: condense level 1 codes to assign categories of codes
• Categories are usually mutually exclusive
• Level 3 coding: identify core variables or the basic social psychological process (BSP)