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A Pragmatic View of Thematic Analysis
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Ethnographic interviews have become a commonly used qualitat ive methodology for collecting data (Aronson, 1992). Once the information is gathered, res earchers are faced with the decision on how to analyze the data. There are many ways to anal yze informants' talk about their experiences (Mahrer, 1988; Spradley, 1979; Taylor & Bogdan, 1984), a nd thematic analysis is one such way. Although thematic analysis has been described (Benner, 1985; Leininger, 1985; Taylor & Board, 1984), there is insufficient literature that outlines the pragmatic process of thematic analysis. This article attempts to outline the procedure for perform ing a thematic analysis.
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Qualitative Analysis as a Public Event: The Documentation of Category Development Procedures
Constas, M. A. (1992) · American Educational Research Journal · doi:10.3102/00028312029002253 · Cited by 581 · cited 1×
“Constas (1992) reiterates this point and states that the "interpretative approach should be considered as a distinct point of origination" (p. 258).”
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“There are many ways to analyze informants' talk about their experiences (Mahrer, 1988; Spradley, 1979; Taylor & Bogdan, 1984), and thematic analysis is one such way.”
BackgroundBenner, P. (1985) · ANS. Advances in nursing science · doi:10.1097/00012272-198510000-00004 · Cited by 477 · cited 1×
“Although thematic analysis has been described (Benner, 1985; Leininger, 1985; Taylor & Board, 1984), there is insufficient literature that outlines the pragmatic process of thematic analysis.”
MethodDiscovery-oriented psychotherapy research. Rationale, aims, and methods.
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William, J. L. (1992) · Family Systems Medicine · doi:10.1037/h0089217 · Cited by 8 · cited 2×
“Performing a Thematic Analysis The ethnographic interview is a commonly used interviewing process employed by researchclinicians (Kuehl & Newfield, 1991; Kuehl, Newfield & Joanning, 1990; Newfield, Joanning, Kuehl, & Quinn, 1990; Newfield, Kuehl, Joanning & Quinn, 1991; William, 1992).”
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006) · Qualitative Research in Psychology · doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa · Cited by 194,414
“Although often (implicitly) framed as a realist/experiential method (Aronson, 1994; Roulston, 2001), thematic analysis is actually firmly in the second camp, and is compatible with both essentialist and constructionist paradigms within psychology (we discuss this later).”
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“themes were selected (Aronson 1995) and situating find-”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialTheme development in qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis
Vaismoradi, M., Jones, J., Turunen, H., & Snelgrove, S. (2016) · Journal of Nursing Education and Practice · doi:10.5430/jnep.v6n5p100 · Cited by 1,994
“Once theme is developed and the literature is studied, researchers can claim that they are ready to formulate theme statements, link themes into theoretical models to develop the study’s story line.[19, 23]”
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- Aronson, J.
- Affiliations
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Aronson, Jodi
- Venue
- The Qualitative Report
- Publisher
- Nova Southeastern University
- Published
- 1995-04-01
- ISSN
- 1052-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 2160-3715
- OpenAlex
- W1557001362
- Cited by
- 1,758
- References
- 11
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- FWCI
- 4.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- Locations
- The Qualitative Report (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Keywords
- thematic analysis, ethnographic interviews, qualitative data analysis, interview analysis, coding procedures
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