Create an optimized operating path of cascaded coding for grounded theory research: a case study of the inheritance of illustrious senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
YU He, WANG Yuhan, PENG Jufeng, et al. Create an optimized operating path of cascaded coding for grounded theory research: a case study of the inheritance of illustrious senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023,46(5):689-696.
YU He, WANG Yuhan, PENG Jufeng, et al. Create an optimized operating path of cascaded coding for grounded theory research: a case study of the inheritance of illustrious senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023,46(5):689-696. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2023.05.015.
the application scope of grounded theory research in the field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gradually expanded
and the various research needs such as "Dao and Shu(doctrines and techniques)" of illustrious senior TCM practitioners can be met. However
this research requires significant time and energy because of too much code
long study period and rework the meaning of code. Therefore
in this paper
on the premise of conforming to coding principles
we creatively propose a method named "cascaded coding" that uses Office Word to code the raw materials and then imports cascaded codes into Office Excel in order to clarify all categories and the concepts at all levels attached to them. Furthermore
mind-map software is used to visualize the cascaded codes. This cascaded process is discussed in this paper
and the grounded theory is taken as an example to analyze the Dao of an illustrious senior TCM practitioner-Prof. Kong Guangyi. Based on the methodology of grounded theory coding principles
we optimize the operation path and simplify the coding process
saving time
ensuring coding efficiency and accuracy
and providing an example for researchers who conduct grounded theory research on illustrious senior TCM practitioners
thus help more TCM qualitative researchers to carry out grounded theoretical research convenienty
accurately and at low cost.
关键词
扎根理论级联编码优化操作路径名老中医质性研究
Keywords
grounded theorycascaded codingoptimized operation pathillustrious senior TCM practitionersqualitative research