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Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners
Virginia Braun,Victoria Clarke +1 more
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The chapter explores the question of what makes a good qualitative researcher by introducing the concept of a qualitative sensibility, and by outlining skills important in qualitative research, such as reflexivity, interactional ability, and a critical and inquiring mind.Abstract:
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For Chapter 1: This chapter introduces qualitative research to a reader new to the area, and sets the scene for the rest of the book. It clearly specifies what defines qualitative research, and differentiates the use of a whole qualitative paradigm, or Big Q approach, with the more limited use of qualitative data within a more positivist paradigm. It contextualises qualitative research – within psychology – by providing a brief history of the approach, and by locating it within the learning-context of research degrees at many universities, where quantitative approaches tend to predominate. The chapter explores the question of what makes a good qualitative researcher by introducing the concept of a qualitative sensibility, and by outlining skills important in qualitative research, such as reflexivity, interactional ability, and a critical and inquiring mind. The chapter also introduces the authors and their perspectives on qualitative research. Finally, the chapter introduces the overall approach, organisation and structure of the book, and its specific and unique pedagogical features, including the companion website.
The chapter is supported with a range of pedagogical features including annotated further reading, and chapter overviews and summaries. The companion website includes an interactive flashcard glossary of key terms for this chapter and self-test multiple choice questions for section 1: Successfully getting started in qualitative research.read more
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Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Virginia Braun,Victoria Clarke +1 more
TL;DR: Since initially writing on thematic analysis in 2006, the popularity of the method as mentioned in this paper has exploded, the variety of TA approaches have expanded, and, not least, our thinking has developed a...
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One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?
Virginia Braun,Victoria Clarke +1 more
TL;DR: Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by the existence of numerous iterations of TA that differ paradigmatically, philosophically and procedurally.
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Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology
Brett Smith,Kerry R. McGannon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss three commonly used ways to demonstrate rigor when conducting sport and exercise psychology research, and discuss the importance of rigor in sport psychology research.
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What can "thematic analysis" offer health and wellbeing researchers?
Virginia Braun,Victoria Clarke +1 more
TL;DR: The field of health and wellbeing scholarship has a strong tradition of qualitative research* and rightly so, and rich and compelling insights into the real worlds, experiences, and perspectives of patients and health care professionals can be found through quantitative methods.
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Teaching thematic analysis: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies for effective learning
Victoria Clarke,Virginia Braun +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explored some of the challenges of teaching thematic analysis to students new to qualitative research, and suggested strategies for overcoming these challenges, which apply to teaching qualitative research more broadly, but focus their discussion on TA.