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Applying Thematic Analysis Theory to Practice: A researcher's experience

Anthony G Tuckett
School of Nursing, The University of Queensland, QLD

Abstract

This article describes an experience of thematic analysis. In order to answer the question 'What does analysis look like in practice?' it describes in brief how the methodology of grounded theory, the epistemology of social constructionism and the theoretical stance of symbolic interactionism inform analysis.

Additionally, analysis is examined by evidencing the systematic processes - here termed organising, coding, writing, theorising and reading - that led the researcher to develop a final thematic schema.

Keywords

thematic analysis, grounded theory, social constructionism, symbolic interactionism, organising

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