Ch 6 Thematic Analysis Flashcards
Finish the sentence. Thematic analysis is a method for…
Recognising and organising patterns in content and meaning in qualitative data
True or false? Thematic analysis underpins most other methods of qualitative data analysis.
True
Finish this sentence. Both grounded theory and phenomenological analysis rely heavily online by line coding of the data in order to identify ‘meaning units’ in the form of…
Themes and or categories of meaning which structure the data
Finish this sentence. Narrative analysis and most visual methodologies require the researcher to formulate themes which capture …
The most important patterns of meaning contained within the data.
Finish this sentence. If our research question is concerned with finding out what a group of clients here about to embark upon a course of cognitive behavioural therapy and or think about this type of therapy the things we identify in the data likely to represent our research participants beliefs about an attitude towards CBT. By contrast if I reset question is concerned with the way in which self harm is constructed in the media then the themes we identify in our analysis of newspaper articles and TV programs are likely to represent prevalent….
Social constructions of self harm.
Finish the sentence. The medic analysis can be used to address…?
Hint - epistemological orientation
Realist, phenomenological or social constructionist research questions
There are two major theoretical frameworks which have been used to theorise findings from research using thematic analysis. Name the two theoretical frameworks
Social phenomenology and social representations theory
There are two major theoretical frameworks which have been used to theorise findings from research using thematic analysis. Name the two theoretical frameworks
Social phenomenology and social representations theory
Social phenomenology is concerned with?
Understanding the social reality which is subjectively experienced by groups of people as they go about their daily life.
Social phenomenology is concerned with?
Understanding the social reality which is subjectively experienced by groups of people as they go about their daily life.
Finish this sentence. Social phenomenology when used in conjunction with thematic analysis, The themes identified through the analysis capture the meanings attributed …
By participants to their experiences and help the research and make sense of the participants actions
Finish this sentence. Social representations theory is interested in the way in which social phenomena are….
Conceptualised and represented by individuals and bio organisations or institutions. It is also concerned with the processes by which such representations change and evolve overtime.
Finish the sentence. there is no requirement for the researcher to subscribe to a formal theory when using thematic analysis. The important thing is to…
Be clear about the theoretical status attributed to the themes that are identified. This can be informed by a particular theory or can be informed by the research question and the researchers epistemological position.
Thematic analysis can focus on different kinds of meaning this can be manifest meanings e.g. reflecting the explicit content of what a research participant has said, or latent meanings e.g.reflecting the interpretation the researcher has made of what has been said by a research participant. This suggest that thematic analysis can adopt….
An empathic or a suspicious approach to data analysis
Finish the sentence. An inductive approach works from the bottom up, here the researcher approaches the data ..
Without a theoretically informed coding frame.
