A Guide to Abductive Thematic Analysis

A Guide to Abductive Thematic Analysis

Thematic analysis is an increasingly popular method for analysing qualitative data within the social sciences. Current guides for conducting thematic analysis promote the method’s broad flexibility across research designs, which has resulted in criticism that the method lacks the rigour and structur...

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Published in:Qualitative report Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 1410 - 1421
Main Author: Thompson, Jamie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Fort Lauderdale The Qualitative Report 01-05-2022
Subjects:
Data analysis
Logical Thinking
Qualitative research
Research Methodology
Social sciences
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Summary:Thematic analysis is an increasingly popular method for analysing qualitative data within the social sciences. Current guides for conducting thematic analysis promote the method’s broad flexibility across research designs, which has resulted in criticism that the method lacks the rigour and structure necessary for credible academic research. Recognizing the challenges faced by qualitative scholars, I developed and present an 8-step prescriptive approach specific to abductive methodologies incorporating many concepts from seminal works in thematic analysis, and importantly maintaining the balance of theorising with empirical data, which is the core of abductive research.
ISSN:2160-3715
1052-0147
2160-3715
DOI:10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5340