Hello, my question is, as I have finished the coding of the supply side, I am about to start coding the demand side. Because I used different semistructured interviews for both, do you think that I should code two sets of nodes/subnodes etc or only one group of nodes (adding new ones when needed) is enough for an easier analysis later on? Thank you in advance.
Rui Carvalho - I think there is no problem in using coding of the supply side as well as coding the demand side or you can go for selective coding and it is the is the process of choosing one category to be the core category, and relating all other categories to that category. The essential idea is to develop a single story-line around which all everything else is draped. There is a belief that such a core concept always exists.
I am not entirely sure what your question is, but I certainly think that it would be an effective strategy to carry over your existing coding strategy and add to it as needed. The underlying question, however, is not so much whether the codes are similar as whether those codes fit together in the same ways, which could be summarized as whether the same themes operate in the same way for each topic.
