Week 3 Flashcards
Qualitative data analysis methods (3)
content analysis, thematic analysis, framework analysis
Content analysis
applied to documents and other written forms of communication to identify concepts and categories
Manifest content
what the text says, deals with content and describes visible, obvious components
Latent content
analysis of what text talks about, relationship aspect and involves interpretation of underlying meaning
Units of analysis
meaning units, condensed meaning units, codes, sub-categories, categories, themes
Meaning unit
words, sentences, paragraphs containing aspects related through content and context
Condensed meaning unit
shortened meaning unit, preserve meaning
Codes
label of a meaning unit
Sub-categories and categories
group of content that shares a commonality and can be identified as a thread throughout codes
Themes
cluster of linked categories conveying similar meanings
Framework Analysis
often used in healthcare for research into policy and practice, analysis starts deductively but finishes inductively
Framework Approach (five stages)
familiarisation, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, charting or developing a matrix by case and themes, mapping and interpreting
Thematic analysis
method for identifying, analysing and reporting patterns within data, widely used in health science research
Six stages of thematic analysis
- Familiarising with data
- Generating initial codes
- Searching for themes
- Reviewing themes
- Defining and naming themes
- Producing the report
Coding process
assign codes to segments of text, condense data into analysable segments, sort coded text into segments that are similar, compare and contrast coded segments, generate themes
