Week 13: Qualitative Thematical Analysis Flashcards
1
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What is thematical analysis?
A
A foundational method for qualitative analysis, with aims to develop a description of patterns, capturing key info about the research question
2
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What is reflexivity in thematical analysis?
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Involves the practical reflection of your role as a researcher, research practice and role within the research
3
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What is the 6 stage process?
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- familiarise yourself with the dateset
- coding
- generating initial themes
- developing and reviewing themes
- refining, defining and naming themes
- write up
4
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What do you do when familiarising yourself with the data set?
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- immersing yourself in the content of the dataset
- re-reading the data- transcripts of the interviews
- making notes or discussing the data
5
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What is done in the coding stage?
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- identify segments of data that appear interesting, relevant or meaningful to the research question
- applies code lavels which are analytically meaningful descriptions of each part
- codes the entire dataset with labels/segements
6
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What is involved in generating initial themes ?
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- identifying patterned meaning across dataset
- compile clusters of codes that share a core idea or answer research question
- active process constructed by researcher and dataset
- allocate coding labels to candidate themes
7
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What is involved in developing and reviewing themes?
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- assess the initial fit of your candidate themes to the data
- review full dataset code labels and candidate themes
- make changes, remove themes, or modify themes
- consider relationship between themes and existing knowledge
- think about core focus of each theme and relate to central organising concept
8
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What is involved in refining, defining and naming themes?
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- ensuring each theme is strong and has a clear concept
- what does the story tell us?
- write a brief synopsis
9
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What is involved in the write up?
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- formally write themeatical analysis
- use IMRAD reporting style
