How should interviews be transcribed?
VERBATIM = written words are an EXACT replication of recorded words
How can interjections such as hm, ah, yeah, um and uh be useful?
They provide insight into the conversation: reflection, understanding, confusion, etc.
What is content analysis?
Applied to contents of documents and other written forms of communications to identify concepts and categories
What are the two types of content analysis?
- Manifest
2. Latent
What is manifest content?
Deals with visible and obvious components of the data
What is latent content?
Involves interpretation fo the underlying meaning of the text
What is thematic analysis?
Where you look through the participant’s answer and extract their key experiences, opinions and perspectives to address the qualitative aim and research question
What are the 6 phases of thematic analysis?
- Familiarise yourself with the data
- Generate initial codes
- Search for themes
- Review themes
- Define and name themes
- Produce the report
What is framework analysis?
Used to clarify and organise data according to key themes, concepts and emergent categories
–> influenced by characteristics of the researchers and their disciplinary paradigms
Stages of framework analysis
- Transcription
- Familiarisation with the interview
- Coding
- Developing a working analytical framework
- Applying the analytical framework
- Charting data into the framework matrix
- Interpreting the data
How to enhance the credibility of research
- Truth value: it recognises that multiple realities exist. The researcher outlines personal experiences and viewpoints that may have resulted in methodological bias while attempting to present a participant’s perspectives
- Consistency: The methods undertaken should be clear and transparent. Ultimately, an independent researcher should be able to arrive at similar or comparable findings
- Applicability: Consideration is given to whether findings can be applied to other contexts, settings or groups
- Confirmability: Achieved when truth value, consistency and applicability have been addressed
Ways to ensure the trustworthiness of findings
- Account for and acknowledge personal bias
2. Use ongoing critical reflection of methods
Thematic analysis does what?
Identifies patterns with similar meanings in the text and interprets their relationships
