The ROCK book
I Qualitative Research
1
Qualitative research
2
Qualitative Ethnography?
3
Qualitative methods in psychology
4
Cognitive interviews
4.1
Cognitive validity
4.2
Response models
4.3
Response processes
4.4
Selecting response model parts
4.5
The response process spectrum
4.6
Coding schemes
4.7
Preparing prompts
4.8
Common cognitive interview coding schemes
4.8.1
Existing coding schemes
5
Initial codes
5.1
Code organization
5.1.1
Flat code organization
5.1.2
Hierarchical code organization
5.1.3
Network code organization
5.1.4
Combining and changing organizational modes
5.2
Compiling your initial set of codes
5.2.1
Developing initial codes based on extant specifications
5.2.2
Developing initial codes based on personal preconceptions
5.3
Developing coding instructions
5.3.1
Edge cases
5.3.2
Examples
5.3.3
Piloting the coding instructions
5.4
Segmentation
5.4.1
Utterances
5.4.2
Higher-level segmentation
5.5
Your initial code book
6
Planning and Conducting Interviews
6.1
Planning
7
Coding
7.1
Coding
7.1.1
Abstaining from coding a data fragment
7.1.2
Assimilating a data fragment
7.1.3
Accomodating a data fragment
7.1.4
Adding a code
7.1.5
Adapting the code structure
7.1.6
Combining decisions
7.1.7
Pre-coding: indexing
7.1.8
A step-by-step instruction
7.2
Segmenting
7.3
Justifying
8
Preregistering qualitative research
8.1
Types of registration
8.1.1
Preregistration
8.1.2
Repeated registration
8.2
Common registration form items
8.2.1
Prior expectations and/or initial code structure
9
Reporting Qualitative Research
9.1
Introduction
9.2
Methods
9.2.1
Full Disclosure
9.2.2
Materials
9.2.3
Sampling strategy
9.2.4
Analysis plan
9.3
Results
9.3.1
Participants
9.3.2
Background
9.3.3
Results
9.4
Discussion
9.5
Reporting standards
II The ROCK
10
The ROCK vocabulary
10.1
ROCK terms
10.2
ENA terms
11
The ROCK standard
11.0.1
Sources, utterances, and sections
11.0.2
Codes
11.0.3
Structuring inductive codes
11.0.4
Case instance identifiers
11.0.5
Specifying deductive coding structures
11.0.6
Specifying attributes
11.1
Examples
11.1.1
Section breaks
11.1.2
Identifiers
11.1.3
Codes
12
The
rock
R package
12.1
Downloading and installing R and RStudio
12.2
Downloading and installing the
rock
package
12.3
rock
functions
12.3.1
clean_source
and
clean_sources
12.4
rock
options and defaults
12.4.1
Project-level settings
12.4.2
Options implementing the ROCK standard
13
Recoding with the
rock
R package
13.1
Initial coding versus recoding
13.2
Deleting codes
14
The iROCK interface
14.1
Background
14.2
Using iROCK
III Applying the ROCK
15
A ROCK workflow
15.1
A basic ROCK workflow
15.1.1
A bit of project management
15.1.2
Source collection and preparation
15.1.3
Attribute specification
15.1.4
Coding
15.1.5
Analysing the results
15.1.6
(Re)Coding
15.1.7
Publishing the project
15.2
An extensive ROCK workflow
15.2.1
Planning
15.2.2
Data collection
15.2.3
Source cleaning
15.2.4
Prepending utterance identifiers
15.2.5
Coding and segmentation
15.2.6
Manual coding and segmentation
15.2.7
Inspecting coder consistency
15.2.8
Merging sources
15.2.9
Viewing source fragments by code
15.2.10
Recoding
15.2.11
Generating HTML versions
15.2.12
Exporting the coding spreadsheet
16
A Beginner’s Guide to the Reproducible Open Coding Kit
16.1
Welcome! Step-by-step, no prior knowledge of R needed!
16.2
Setting up the Basics
16.2.1
Install R stuff
16.2.2
Create a Gitlab account and project
16.2.3
Create an R project
16.2.4
Copy the Empty ROCK project and personalize it
16.2.5
Change the basic info in the script
16.2.6
Download the ROCK R Package
16.2.7
Update the ROCK R Package
16.2.8
First “push” to GitLab
16.2.9
Download Notepad++
16.3
Data Preparation
16.3.1
Take a closer look at your directory
16.3.2
Place your raw data into the appropriate directory
16.3.3
Designate your attributes
16.3.4
Designate your persistent IDs
16.3.5
Clean your sources
16.3.6
Add UIDs to your sources
16.4
Coding and Segmentation
16.4.1
Designate your codes and section breaks
16.4.2
Using iROCK to code your sources
16.4.3
Using the
rock
package to autocode your sources
16.4.4
Add identifiers to your sources
16.5
Aggregation and Analyses
17
Using the ROCK for Epistemic Network Analysis
17.1
Starting point
17.2
Planning coding
17.2.1
What is a code?
17.2.2
Types of coding
17.2.3
How to represent codes in the ROCK
17.3
Planning Segmentation
17.3.1
What is discourse segmentation?
17.3.2
Continuous and discontinuous narratives
17.3.3
How to represent segmentation in the ROCK
17.4
Designating Sources and Cases
17.4.1
What is a source and how is it represented in the ROCK?
17.4.2
What is a case and how is it represented in the ROCK?
17.5
Designating Attributes
17.5.1
What is an attribute?
17.5.2
How to record attributes in the ROCK
17.6
Coding and Segmentation
17.6.1
How is coding performed with the ROCK?
17.6.2
Creating code clusters or trees
17.6.3
Preparing sources for coding
17.6.4
Using the iROCK interface
17.7
Merging Coded Sources (if necessary)
17.8
Creating Networks
18
Using the ROCK for Cognitive Interviews
19
Using the ROCK for a Qualitative Network Approach
19.1
Customizing network appearance
20
Using the ROCK for Decentralized Construct Taxonomies
20.1
The importance of clear coding instructions
20.2
Introduction to Decentralized Construct Taxonomies
20.2.1
Consistency over studies
20.3
Creating a DCT
20.3.1
Thinking about constructs
20.3.2
Description of edge cases
20.3.3
Creating a DCT file
20.4
Coding with DCTs
20.5
Analysing DCT-coded sources
IV Appendices and references
21
References
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