thematic analysis Flashcards
what is a critical realist approach to thematic analysis?
focus on experiences, meanings and the reality of participants’ lives. people’s words provide direct access to their inner world
what is a critical realist approach to thematic analysis?
focus on how individuals make meaning of their experiences based on their socio-cultural situation. people’s words provide access to their version of reality
what is a inductive thematic analysis?
data-driven with extracted themes grounded in the data.
what is a deductive thematic analysis?
uses existing theory to guide analysis and the extraction of themes. it moves beyond the semantic meanings offered in the data set
what are semantic codes in thematic analysis?
provide a succinct summary of the explicit content of the data. based in the semantic meaning of the data. typically stay close to content of the data and to participants’ meanings
what are latent codes in thematic analysis?
go beyond the explicit content of the data & provide an interpretation about the data content. invoke the researcher’s conceptual & theoretical frameworks to identify implicit meanings within the data
what does an essentialist or realist approach assume?
people’s words provide direct access to their inner world
what does a critical realist approach assume?
people’s words provide access to their version of reality
describe semantic codes?
- a succint summary of explicit content of data
- based in semantic meaning
- typically stay close to content of data and meanings
describe latent codes?
- go beyond explicit content of data
- provide interpretation about data content
- invoke researcher’s conceptual & theoretical frameworks to identify implicit meanings within data
what is phase 3 of thematic analysis?
searching for themes
what is phase 4 of thematic analysis?
reviewing themes
describe phase 4, reviewing themes, of thematic analysis
checking if themes work in relation to coded extracts and the entire data set, generating a thematic map of the analysis
what is phase 5 of thematic analysis
defining and naming themes
