This coding activity includes two excerpts which have been taken from two interview transcripts about supervising graduate students who are working on grounded theory studies.  Use these excerpts to practice initial (or ‘open’) coding.  

Coding exercise

Quizzes have been created to test your understanding of each chapter. To take a quiz, click  on the chapter you want to review listed on the left. 

Have a go at seeing what terms you can spot in the Grounded Theory word search or see what definitions you can remember with the glossary activity. You can then check your answers by comparing your answer with the definitions in the glossary or checking out the solutions to the word search. 

Definition Activity

Use the planning and thesis checklist to help you plan your Grounded Theory study and writing up: 

Planning Checklist

Thesis Checklist