Conducting Thematic Analysis with Qualitative Data

This article discusses one approach to conducting thematic analysis using structured qualitative data collected from focus groups. Thematic analysis is one of the most used but often poorly defined approaches in the qualitative research community. The method is principally concerned with the identif...

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Published in:Qualitative report 2021-06, Vol.26 (6), p.2029-2044
Main Author: Lochmiller, Chad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beliefs
Coding
Community research
Credibility
Data
Doctoral Dissertations
Ethnography
Focus Groups
Interpersonal Competence
Mental Health
Nursing Students
Qualitative research
Research methodology
Researchers
Social Responsibility
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Summary:This article discusses one approach to conducting thematic analysis using structured qualitative data collected from focus groups. Thematic analysis is one of the most used but often poorly defined approaches in the qualitative research community. The method is principally concerned with the identification of patterns which are then reported as researcher-generated themes. In this article, I use data obtained from the Qualitative Data Repository to demonstrate how secondary qualitative data can be analyzed to produce themes. I note the ways in which this process unfolds as well as how it differs from other techniques.
ISSN:2160-3715
1052-0147
2160-3715
DOI:10.46743/2160-3715/2021.5008