Analysis of Qualitative Data in Clinical Psychology

Question 1

Six steps according to Brown and Clarke (2006)

Answer 1

1) Familiarise yourself with data
2) Generate initial codes
3) Search for themes
4) Review themes
5) Define and name themes
6) Produce report

Question 2

Strengths

Answer 2

Evidence integrated into theory = validity
Researchers interested in beliefs, opinions and experiences

Question 3

Weaknesses

Answer 3

Data gathered is researcher bias
Selectively sample data = force data to support theory, unintentionally miss important evidence
Reliability = likely another researcher coding same data could come yo a different conclusion
Very long time to gather and analyse
Takes a lot of skill
Use grounded theory to perform thematic analysis = need to know about world to use grounded theory