Quant: Lecture 11

Question 1

List the common errors made when interviewing someone

How should you phrase a question?

Answer 1

Domineering communication like suggestive questions, evaluative comments, inflexibility, repeated questions. Passive-receptive behaviour like no patience, no tolerance for silence, short answers at the start of the interview, monster questions that ask multiple things.
Clearly, make sure it’s easy to say and make sure its open, allowing descriptions

Question 2

What are the 2 approaches within thematic analysis?

What do types of analysis do each contain?

Answer 2

Form (which focuses on the performative aspect of language) and content (which focuses on the representational aspect of language). The analyses in form include: conversation analysis and discourse analysis. The analyses in the content include: Thematic analysis, grounded theory and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).

Question 3

Describe thematic analysis

Answer 3

It’s the basis of many types on content analysis of texts.It provides an organised synthesis of contents in the data and we do it in daily life. It’s a systematic way of summarising texts and all contents are reviewed and evaluated.

Question 4

Who is the main reference for thematic analysis?

Answer 4

Braun and Clarke (2006)

Question 5

When do we use thematic analysis?

Answer 5

You can use it on any type of text but it’s mainly used to present concise overviews of bulky data. You need to find recurrent themes as well as valuable stand alone comments

Question 6

How do you code when doing thematic analysis?

Answer 6

Firstly, you familiarise yourself with the data and begin as early as possible. Then you find relevant and meaningful themes in the text or specific extract. We spontaneously sift through data but writing helps to keep our thoughts organised.

Question 7

When doing thematic analysis, when should you start writing down ideas?

Answer 7

In phase 1, aka as soon as possible.

Question 8

When doing thematic analysis, what two types of data do you look for?
Define them
What are the two types of comparisons?
List one approach of coding

Answer 8

Semantic data aka common themes and latent data aka inferences. You find these using a deductive method where the basis of coding is the theoretical constructs that are being researched.
Cross-case comparisons and within-case comparisons.
An inductive approach that starts off broad and gets more specific throughout the research, this avoids rigidity and premature closure.

Question 9

What are the 4 recommended steps for coding?

Answer 9

1. Divide the extract into manageable chunks
2. Get a grasp of each chunk
3. Write your understanding of the extract
4. Look for recurrent themes