| Transforming Qualitative Information: Thematic Analysis and Code Development Contributor(s): Boyatzis, Richard E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761909613 ISBN-13: 9780761909613 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Thematic analysis, a process for encoding qualitative information can be thought of as a bridge between the language of qualitative research and the language of quantitative research. Author Richard E. Boyatzis helps researchers understand thematic analysis a process that is a part of many qualitative methods and provides clear guidelines about learning to develop techniques to apply it to one??'s own research. Transforming Qualitative Information shows how to sense themes, the first step in analyzing information as well as how to develop codes, through the use of numerous examples from myriad research settings. Research design issues that are essential to rigorous and high-quality use of qualitative information are addressed, such as identifying, sampling, scoring and scaling, and reliability. This original volume confronts the debate between positivist and postmodernist looking at the research act in an innovative and fresh way. Boyatzis argues for an ecumenical approach to doing research. His book will be invaluable to researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines and approaches. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 300.72 |
| LCCN: 97045405 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.18" (0.72 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thematic analysis - a process for encoding qualitative information - can be thought of as a bridge between the languages of qualitative and quantitative research. This book helps students and researchers understand thematic analysis as a process that is a part of many qualitative methods, and provides clear guidance about learning to develop techniques to apply to research. The book shows how one can sense themes - the first step in analyzing information - as well as how to develop codes through the use of numerous examples from different research settings. |