Principal speaker
Associate Professor Sama Low-Choy
Other speakers
Dr Judy Rose
Interview transcripts can be analysed in many different ways. Here we consider a mixed methods approach that tightly connects thematic analysis of the text, with a cluster analysis of how the themes co-occur. We will show that this combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods is a natural pairing, despite its relatively recent emergence. We explore whether it helps to view thematic analysis as a taxonomy: a counting discipline which defines, sub-divides and recombines themes via an iterative and methodical process. In addition, we reflect on how this specific mix of clustering/thematic analysis can be viewed according to different typologies of mixed methods (e.g. Creswell's distinct components of qualitative and quantitative research versus Onwuegbuzie & Hitchcock's cross-over mixed methods). From a practical and methodological perspective, clustering is a new addition to functionality of software like NVivo, where there are only minimal options included, with limited transparency. Thus researchers new to clustering are susceptible to misinterpretation, or worse, inappropriate choices. We hope that some insights provided may prove useful to qualitative researchers new to clustering, to quantitative researchers unused to thematic analysis, or to researchers interested generally in mixed methods.
To illustrate this mix of clustering/thematic analysis, we use a recent analysis of interviews of experts regarding data linkage, involving social science data sourced from government. Although the research problem is interesting in its own right, and design of data collection was slightly novel, this presentation focuses on the mixed methods approach used to analyse the transcript data.
Format This seminar will be presented online, with opportunity to ask questions at regular points.
Pre-requisite and related workshops You will find it easier to follow if you have attended any (or all of) the five workshops in the mixed methods (MM) series, presented via RED: (1) Introducing MM, (2) Refining the Conceptual Framework (CF), (3) Mapping a Common CF across Qual and Quant, (4) Assembling MM, for surveys and interviews, and (5) Critical Reading & Writing of MM Research.
Reading
Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Hitchcock, J. H. (2015). "Advanced Mixed Analysis Approaches". Chapter (16), eds Hesse-Biber, S. & Johnson, N., The Oxford handbook of multimethod and mixed methods research inquiry, Oxford University Press.
Reference
Rose, J., Low-Choy, S., Katz, I., Homel, R. (under review) "Strategic data linkage to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable individuals: Reflections of experts".
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