In QUALITATIVE LEGAL RESEARCH, 'CODING' refers to:

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B. SYSTEMATIC PROCESS of categorising qualitative data (interview transcripts, observations) — assigning LABELS (codes) to segments — often INITIAL/OPEN coding, FOCUSED/AXIAL coding, then SELECTIVE/THEORETICAL coding (per grounded theory)

1. CODING is the systematic process of labelling segments of qualitative data (interview transcripts, field notes, documents) to facilitate analysis.
2. STAGES (per Strauss/Corbin grounded theory):
3. (i) OPEN CODING — initial breakdown of data into discrete concepts; emerging themes;
4. (ii) AXIAL CODING — relating concepts and categories; identifying patterns; conditions, contexts, consequences;
5. (iii) SELECTIVE/THEORETICAL CODING — integrating around core categories.
6. TYPES of codes: DESCRIPTIVE (summarising content), IN VIVO (using participants' own words), INTERPRETIVE (researcher's analysis), PATTERN codes.
7. SOFTWARE: NVivo, Atlas.ti, MAXQDA support coding.
8. RELIABILITY checks: intercoder agreement (Krippendorff's alpha, Cohen's kappa).
9. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Coding in qualitative research methodology_

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