ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the authors’ qualitative analysis of interviews with 37 adults for their 2013 book, Knowing and Not Knowing in Intimate Relationships. The analysis had many steps, including intensive beginning discussions regarding the study’s focus. The authors describe their process, which involved (a) interviewing every case together and processing each interview after conducting it, which was an important step in data analysis; (b) independently conducting thematic phenomenological analyses (holistic, selective, and detailed coding) of the first four transcripts and then thoroughly discussing their analyses; and (c) the first author (Rosenblatt) then coding the remaining transcripts. The final analysis involved Rosenblatt sorting transcript material into preliminary book outline categories that had already been developed, which Wieling then reviewed. An example of a book outline section with interview quotes is presented.
