Builds the code book behind coding work: variable name and label, source question, variable type and measurement level, value codes and labels, missing-data rules, dataset context and coder initials.
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Builds the code book behind coding work: variable name and label, source question, variable type and measurement level, value codes and labels, missing-data rules, dataset context and coder initials.
Thematic analysis becomes a spreadsheet accident without a code book. This worksheet writes the code book itself: variable name and human label, the source question ID and a wording summary so provenance survives, variable type and measurement level, the value code scheme and its value labels, the missing-data code and the rule for handling it, dataset context, coder initials, coding date and a change note. With the code set defined once and applied per wave, two coders produce the same variable — and the coded dataset stays re-usable across studies instead of being re-invented each time.
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Everything you need to run this template.
Variable name, label, type and measurement level.
Source question ID and wording summary so the code survives turnover.
Value code scheme, labels and the missing-data rule.
Dataset context, coder initials, coding date and change note.
From copy to deliverable in four steps.
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Name, label, type and measurement level first.
Codes, value labels and the missing-data rule per variable.
Two coders on one definition produce the same variable.
Pick your role — see how it fits your workflow.
Rigor without NVivo overhead.
Coded evidence reviewers respect.
A method, not a vibe.
What makes this template work as a professional deliverable.
A preview of real questions — the full version lets you customize every field.
