Research

It is a word or short phrase to represent subjective data.

• code

• pattern

• theme

• data

This is a process of analyzing data by grouping them according to themes.

• content analysis  

• thematic analysis

• recursive abstraction

• computer assisted data analysis

It is generated when similar issues and ideas expressed by participants within qualitative data are brought together by the researcher into a single category or cluster. .

• code

• pattern

• theme

• data

It is something that happens in a regular and repeated way.

• code

• pattern

• theme

• data

Confidentiality of a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?

• Asking the participants to write his or her name in the questionnaire

• Not mentioning his or her name in the Participants of the Study Section

• Introducing himself or herself in an interview

• Taking his/ her picture and placing it in the appendix

This phase involves reading and re-reading the data, to become immersed and intimately familiar with its content.

• Coding

• Searching for Themes.

• Familiarization with the data

• Defining and naming themes.

This phase involves examining the codes and collated data to identify significant broader patterns of meaning (potential themes).

• Coding

• Searching for Themes

• Searching for Themes.

  C. Familiarization with the data

• Defining and naming themes

This phase involves developing a detailed analysis of each theme, working out the scope and focus of each theme, determining the “story” of each. It also involves deciding on an informative name for each theme.

• Writing Up

• Reviewing themes

• Searching for Themes

• Defining and naming themes

This final phase involves weaving together the analytic narrative data and extracts and contextualizing the analysis in relation to existing literature.

• Writing Up

• Reviewing themes

• Searching for Themes

• Defining and naming themes

This phase involves checking the candidate themes against the data set, to determine if they tell a convincing story of the data, and one that answers the research question.

• Writing Up

• Reviewing themes

• Searching for Themes

• Defining and naming themes