class 12 - TA (thematic research)

Question 1

what are the 6 basic steps of text anaylsis (Braun & Clarke)

Answer 1

1. close reading - familarize with the text
2. “Codes” - interesting features in text
3. “Look for Themes” - organize codes into poteintal themes
4. review themes - double check themes to find relevant themes, not most promient themes
5. name the themes - onging, refining)
6. produce the report (relate back to research question)

Question 2

what is the point of learning how to analize text

Answer 2

for qualitative data, you must be able to break down what you learn from people into catagories that you can lable and create stats for

Question 3

what is an issue about this kind of qulitative resewach?

Answer 3

some argue that anything goes. Meaning, it is up to interperetation, responses could possibly be made up.