Research Catalog

Title

Transforming qualitative information : thematic analysis and code development / Richard E. Boyatzis.

Author

Boyatzis, Richard E.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1998.

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Description

xvi, 184 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In this work, the author demonstrates that the process of thematic analysis is common to many qualitative methods, and provides guidance to researchers on learning the techniques and applying them to their own research.

Subject

• Social sciences > Research
• Social sciences > Methodology
• Qualitative reasoning
• Research
• Social Sciences

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Search for the Codable Moment: A Way of Seeing -- 2. Developing Themes and Codes -- 3. Deciding on Units of Analysis and Units of Coding as Issues of Sampling -- 4. Developing Themes and a Code Using the Inductive Method: An Example Using Life Stories -- 5. Developing Themes Using the Theory-Driven and Prior-Research-Driven Method and Then Applying the Code: An Example Using a Critical Incident Interview -- 6. Scoring, Scaling, and Clustering Themes -- 7. Reliability Is Consistency of Judgment -- 8. Don't Go Breaking My Heart: Challenges in Using Thematic Analysis.

ISBN

• 0761909605 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 0761909613 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^97045405^

OCLC

• 38096870
• SCSB-10947234

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library