Coding using the final template

This is the same extract that you saw as an example of open coding. Here it shows the coding on the "final" version of the template. Using numbers to indicate themes - rather than a written title - makes the coded transcript much easier to read. As you get familiar with your template, you will learn the theme numbers and not need to constantly look them up to identify them. I suggest that if you are carrying out your analysis by hand, you use this approach. Most packages for computer-assisted analysis will automatically number codes in some way.