- Descriptive: description of qualitative data 
- Interpretive: researchers’ interpretation of qualitative data


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- Labeled chunk of text as a word or a phrase
- Used as a keyword for as body of text 
- Allows researchers to find similarities, differences, and relationships between texts, which can help researchers land major themes 
- Adding the description of a code is suggested if coding requires more than one person or coding is done overtime 


Code in Thematic Analysis

Rosala, M. (2019, September 29). How to Analyze Qualitative Data from UX Research: Thematic Analysis. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/thematic-analysis/

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