Thematic analysis - a process for encoding qualitative information - can be thought of as a bridge between the languages of qualitative and quantitative research. This book helps students and researchers understand thematic analysis as a process that is a part of many qualitative methods, and provides clear guidance about learning to develop techniques to apply to research. The book shows how one can sense themes - the first step in analyzing information - as well as how to develop codes through the use of numerous examples from different research settings.
This book helps students and researchers understand thematic analysis as a process that is a part of many qualitative methods, and provides clear guidance about learning to develop techniques to apply to research.
The Search for the Codable Moment A Way of SeeingDeveloping Themes and CodesDeciding on Units of Analysis and Units of Coding as Issues of SamplingDeveloping Themes and a Code Using the Inductive Method An Example Using Life StoriesDeveloping Themes Using the Theory-Driven and Prior-Research-Driven Method and Then Applying the Code An Example Using a Critical Incident InterviewScoring, Scaling and Clustering ThemesReliability Is Consistency of JudgmentDon¿t Go Breaking My Heart Challenges in Using Thematic Analysis