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Thematic analysis Flashcards

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What is thematic analysis?

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A way of examining and making sense of qualitative data (such as interviews surveys or written texts) by looking for recurring themes or topics

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What is thematic analysis used for?

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To understand, organise and draw conclusions from data

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How does thematic analysis allows researchers to understand?

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They can understand the main ideas and common patterns within a large amount of data

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How does thematic analysis allow researchers to organise?

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It makes complex data more manageable by organising it into themes

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How does thematic analysis allow researchers to draw conclusions?

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Can draw meaningful conclusions based on themes they identify

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What are the steps of conducting a thematic analysis?

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  1. Familiarisation with data
  2. Coding the data
  3. Generating themes
  4. Defining and naming themes
  5. Identifying quotes
  6. Writing up
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What is familiarisation with data?

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Read and re-read the data to get a deep understanding of the content

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What is an example of familiarisation with the data?

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reading interviews transcripts multiple times

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What is coding the data?

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Identifying interesting features of the data and label them and these are usually single words or short phrases

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What is an example of coding the data?

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If someone mentions ‘stress at work’, you could code it as ‘work stress’

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What is generating themes?

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Look at codes and start to group them into potential themes, which is a broader category that captures something important about the data

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What is an example of generating themes?

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Codes like ‘work stress’, ‘long hours’ and ‘lack of support’ could form a theme called ‘workplace challenges’

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What is defining and naming themes?

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Clearly defining what each theme is about and coming up with a descriptive nae for each

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What is an example of defining and naming themes?

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A theme might be named ‘workplace challenges’ and be defined as ‘issues related to the stressful aspects of working environments’

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What is identifying quotes?

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Copy full quotes as examples of the themes from the participant communications

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What is writing up?

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Writing a report that tells the story of your data through the themes you’ve identified, including examples from the data to illustrate each theme

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What is an example of writing up?

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In the report, describe the theme ‘workplace challenges’ and provide quotes from the interviews that exemplify this theme

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What is a research study for thematic analysis?

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Matthew’s who analysed 1200 instances of graffiti in toilet walls

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What was Matthew’s study?

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They analasysed 1200 instances of graffiti on toilet walls in US bars and was coded into themes - sexual, socio-political, entertainment, physical presence, entertainment and love

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What were Matthew’s findings?

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Males composed more physical presence or sexual graffiti and females were more romantic

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What are tips for thematic analysis?

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Be systematic, flexible and use examples

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How do you be systematic in thematic analysis?

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Follow each step carefully and systematically to ensure thorough analysis

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How do you be flexible in systematic analysis?

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It is flexible and can be adapted to suit different types of research questions and data

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How do you use examples in thematic analysis?

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Include quotes or excerpts from your data to support your themes and make your analysis for convincing

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What is the main difference between content and thematic analysis?

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Content is objective and thematic is subjective

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What are strengths of thematic analysis?

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Few ethical issues, higher external validity and flexible approach

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How does thematic analysis have fewer ethical issues?

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The material already exists

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Why does thematic analysis have higher external validity?

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It uses real-life material

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Why is thematic analysis flexible?

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It is an approach that can be adapted

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What are limitations of thematic analysis?

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Information may be studied out of context, its subjective and reflexivity aims to address the issue of bias

A-Level AQA A Psychology - Research Methods (26 decks)

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