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Abstract: THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER is not unlike the detective in the classic murder mystery. Starting with a few clues, the detective questions persons connected with the case, develops hunches, questions further on the basis of those hunches, begins to see a picture of &dquo;what happened&dquo; start to emerge, looks for evidence pro and con, elaborating or modifying that picture-until finally the unknown is known. The murderer is caught; what was once a mystery is now understandable. The facts have been &dquo;organized&dquo; in a way to accommodate-with as few contradictions as possible-the largest amount of empirical data. This constant interplay of data gathering and analysis is at the heart of qualitative research. It is therefore difficult indeed to discuss coding, processing, analysis, and writing without also discussing planning and data gathering, for in no other approach is the interrelatedness of all portions of the research act quite so obvious. For me, with the possible exception of the early planning stages, all aspects of the research act are going on almost simultaneously. Early fragments of analysis and of conceptual insights make their appearance both in the organization or coding of material and in the most current decisions I make about what field material to gather in the future.