Thematic Networks: an Analytic Tool for Qualitative Research  

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Attride-Stirling, Jennifer

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Qualitative Research vol. 1 no. 3 (Des. 2001), page 385-405.
Topik: method; qualitative analysis; text interpretation; textual data
Fulltext: 385QR1.3.pdf (224.73KB)

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The growth in qualitative research is a well-noted and welcomed fact within the social sciences; however, there is a regrettable lack of tools available for the analysis of qualitative material. There is a need for greater disclosure in qualitative analysis, and for more sophisticated tools to facilitate such analyses. This article details a technique for conducting thematic analysis of qualitative material, presenting a step-by-step guide of the analytic process, with the aid of an empirical example. The analytic method presented employs established, well-known techniques; the article proposes that thematic analyses can be usefully aided by and presented as thematic networks. Thematic networks are web-like illustrations that summarize the main themes constituting a piece of text. The thematic networks technique is a robust and highly sensitive tool for the systematization and presentation of qualitative analyses.

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