Thematic analysis: a critical review of its process and evaluation
Ibrahim, Alhojailan, Mohammed . 2012
This paper critically reviews of the use of thematic analysis (TA) in qualitative research by describing its procedures and processes and by comparing grounded theory (GTA) with hermeneutic analysis. The literature that relates to thematic analysis (TA) shows that there is a lack of descriptions issues exist due respect to the concepts, process, validations and clarifications that been used by researchers.
This paper finds that thematic analysis is a comprehensive process where researchers are able to identify numerous cross-references between the data the research’s evolving themes (Hayes 1997). It provides flexibility for approaching research patterns in two ways, i.e. inductive and deductive (Frith and Gleeson 2004; Hayes 1997; Niece 2011; Halldorson 2009). This makes the process of thematic analysis more appropriate for analyzing the data when the research’s aim is to extract information to determine the relations
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