Table 7.

Example of estimated timing for indexing and coding one RQ

Step	Source	Team	Timea
Index all transcripts & validate indexingb	16 index codes; 15 full transcripts	ICT	~1.5–2.5 hours per person per transcript = 45–75+ hours
Create analytical codebook	7 index codes; selected indices from 15 transcripts; 15 memos	PR	~30 mins per transcript and associated memo = 8 hours
Apply analytical codebookc	7 index codes; selected indices from 15 transcripts	ACT	~16 hours per person = 32 hours

Note:

^aTime estimates vary according to level of experience with coding and prior familiarity with the data (e.g., interviewer indexing transcript vs. researcher indexing transcript that they did not collect).

^bIndexing involves applying all the indexes, applying 1–2 indices at a time and re-reviewing transcripts to ensure that transcripts were fully indexed.

^cThe time that analytic coding takes depends on the number of codes in the analytic codebook.