week 8 Flashcards
whats transcribing interviews
“written record of an interview that has been transcribed from the verbal conversation”
benefits of transcribing interviews
- Aids data familiarisation
- Opportunity to reflect on interviewing style
- Record emotional expression noted during the interview
- e.g. where a participant laughs, pauses, sighs or places emphases
whats confidentiality
- Focuses on concealing research participants identity
- Interview transcripts use a pseudonym (false name), change names of organisations, places and other people mentioned
qual data analysis
“Analysis entails classifying, comparing, weighing and combining material obtained… to extract the meaning and implications, reveal patterns, or stitch together descriptions of events into a coherent narrative
whats iterative process
moving between data collection & analysis
whats inductive
looking for patterns or themes in the data rather than imposing ideas onto the data
things for qual analysis
- iterative process
- inductive
- make constant comparisions
- move raw data to codes
- draw well support conclusiosn
types of qual data analysis
- Content analysis
- Thematic analysis
- Discourse analysis
research design own data analysis
Each qualitative research design has its own approach to data analysis e.g.
- Narrative analysis
- Grounded theory methodology
- Interpretive phenomenological analysis
whats thematic analysis
- Identifying “themes through careful reading and re-reading of data”
- “Method for identifying, analysing and reporting patterns (themes) within the data
process of thematic analysis
- Familiarising oneself with the data
- Breaking the data into codes
- Grouping similar codes together to form categories with associated sub-categories
- Define categories and associated sub-categories
- Group categories together to form themes
steps of thematic analysis
- Data familiarisation:
- Undertake an initial quick read of each interview transcript and record initial response to the data (Column 1) - Generating initial codes:
- Code each interview transcript by writing a summary word or phrase that captures the key idea for each line or sentence within the transcript (Column 2)
- This requires you to ask to questions of the data - Developing categories & sub-categories
- Re-read transcripts with initial codes looking for similarities & differences within a single interview and across all interviews.
- Begin by grouping initial codes together that make sense (e.g. relate to same topic or similar idea) (column 3)
- Develop a hierarchy system of categories and associated sub-categories Thematic Analysis: Steps for analysis cont. - Generating themes
- Focuses on examining relationship between each of the categories developed and how they might be grouped to fit under overall theme
tips for coding initial codes
Initial codes:
- Keep codes close to participants words or use participants words (in-vivo codes)
- Use active language e.g. balancing competing demands
tips for coding sub cateogirs and categories
- Sub-categories must relate to category under which they fall
- Not all participants will have information that fits into all categories or sub-categories.
- Participants might having differing views on the same topic, this can help provide a more complete understanding of a subcategory
trust worthiness strategies
- Audit trail
- Triangulation
- Member checking
- Peer review/debriefing
- Thick description
- Reflexivity
- Prolonged engagement
- Field notes
