thematic anaylsis

Question 1

what kind of data does it deal with?

Answer 1

qualitative

Question 2

what does it focus on?

Answer 2

generating and identifying common themes that are present throughout data in order to make conclusions

Question 3

is it inductive or deductive?

Answer 3

both

it is flexible in its use

Question 4

what is inductive?

Answer 4

themes emerge from the data

Question 5

what is deductive?

Answer 5

themes are identified first

Question 6

how many stages are there?

Answer 6

six

Question 7

what are the six stages?

Answer 7

familiarisation 
coding 
searching for themes
reviewing themes
defining and naming themes 
writing up

Question 8

what is familiarisation?

Answer 8

reacher must first immerse themselves in the data to become familiar with the data
reading and re reading noting any important analysis

Question 9

what is coding

Answer 9

generating bried labels for important features of data

coding ends by collating all the codes together

Question 10

what is searching for themes?

Answer 10

this is when you search fro areas of data that is relevant and similar to your codes

Question 11

what is reviewing themes?

Answer 11

involves checking that the themes work in relation to codes
whether themes tell a story about the data
define the nature and relationship between each themes

Question 12

what is defining and naming themes?

Answer 12

write a detailed analysis of each theme

constructing a concise name

Question 13

inter rater reliabilty? S

Answer 13

there can be more than one coder

check if there are comparisons etc

Question 14

what is the main strength of TA?

Answer 14

it is way of reducing large amounts of data into manageable summary and conclusions without losing data validity
allows others to see conclusions to the study more easily

Question 15

why is the method not judged for its validity?

Answer 15

researchers often do not explain who they came to their themes

Question 16

why is skill needed?

Answer 16

as there needs to be a limited number of themes that identifies the whole set of data which requires time and skill by the researcher

Question 17

why might validity be in doubt?

Answer 17

the researcher may have themes pre selected or in mind so the themes come form the researcher rater than the data, may interpret data along these themes

Question 18

who is example in clinical psychology?

Answer 18

lim et al

Question 19

what did lim et al do?

Answer 19

used evidence form other studies to investigate the intervention in schizophrenia