Thematic analysis Flashcards
1
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What is thematic analysis?
A
A method for identifying, analysing and reporting patters within data
2
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Why should you use thematic analysis?
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It allows for flexibility in the researchers choice of theoretical framework.
It allows doe rich, detailed and complex description of your data.
Can be used to analysise secondary and primary data
3
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How many steps are there in thematic analysis?
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6
4
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What are the 6 steps in thematic analysis?
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- Familiarising yourself with that data
- Generating initial codes
- Search for themes
- Reviewing the themes
- Defining and naming themes
- Producing the report
5
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What is data corpus?
A
A collection of authentic text or audio organized into datasets
