thematic analysis

a qualitative research strategy for identifying, analyzing, and reporting identifiable patterns or themes within data. There are multiple phases to this process: The researcher (a) familiarizes himself or herself with the data; (b) generates initial codes or categories for possible placement of themes; (c) collates these codes into potential themes; (d) reviews the chosen themes and checks that these work in relation to the coded extracts and the entire data set, effectively generating a thematic “map” of the analysis; (e) defines and names the themes; and (f) produces the report. See also grounded theory; theoretical sampling.

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May 8th 2024

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