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Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research

Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research

Anindita Majumdar
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522553663|ISBN10: 1522553665|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588412|EISBN13: 9781522553670
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5366-3.ch009
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Majumdar, Anindita. "Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research." Qualitative Techniques for Workplace Data Analysis, edited by Manish Gupta, et al., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 197-220. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5366-3.ch009

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Majumdar, A. (2019). Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research. In M. Gupta, M. Shaheen, & K. Reddy (Eds.), Qualitative Techniques for Workplace Data Analysis (pp. 197-220). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5366-3.ch009

Chicago

Majumdar, Anindita. "Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research." In Qualitative Techniques for Workplace Data Analysis, edited by Manish Gupta, Musarrat Shaheen, and K. Prathap Reddy, 197-220. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5366-3.ch009

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Abstract

The popularity of qualitative methods in social science research is a well-noted and most welcomed fact. Thematic analysis, the often-used methods of qualitative research, provides concise description and interpretation in terms of themes and patterns from a data set. The application of thematic analysis requires trained expertise and should not be used in a prescriptive, linear, and inflexible manner while analyzing data. It should rather be implemented in relation to research question and data availability. To ensure its proper usage, Braun and Clarke have propounded the simplest yet effective six-step method to conduct thematic analysis. In spite of its systematic step-driven process, thematic analysis provides core skills to conduct different other forms of qualitative analysis. Thematic analysis, through its theoretical freedom, flexibility, rich and detailed yet complex analytical account has emerged as the widely used and most effective qualitative research tool in social and organizational context.

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