Codebook

How it is used

Used in quantitative and qualitative work to support consistent coding, data management, teamwork, and later interpretation or reuse.

Example sentences

1. Before we merged the survey files, I checked the codebook to confirm that the value 9 meant missing data in both datasets.

   Here, codebook provides the meaning of numeric values so the researcher can combine datasets without misreading the coding system.

2. The qualitative team expanded the codebook after the pilot analysis revealed two recurring themes that were not in the original scheme.

   In this example, the term refers to the shared coding document that evolves when analysts refine categories during the study.

Common collocations

• develop a codebook
• coding codebook
• update the codebook

Related terms

• dataFacts, numbers, recordings, texts or observations collected in a study and then analyzed to answer a research question.
• analysisDetailed examination of data or a text in order to identify patterns, relationships or meaning, often using statistical or qualitative techniques.

More terms: Data and Analysis

• findings
• significant
• draw a conclusion
• correlation
• thematic analysis
• account for
• interpret
• dataset
• mean
• standard deviation
• descriptive statistics
• p-value