Iterative Thematic Inquiry: A New Method for Analyzing Qualitative Data
Iterative Thematic Inquiry: A New Method for Analyzing Qualitative Data
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DOI：
10.1177/1609406920955118
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Nica, Andreea
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作者：
Morgan, David L.;Nica, Andreea
由于主题在定性研究结果的呈现中起着如此重要的作用，我们提出了一种新的方法，迭代主题探究（ITI），它是由主题的发展指导的。我们开始描述ITI如何使用实用主义作为理论基础，将信念（以先入之见的形式）与行动（以数据收集和分析的形式）联系起来。接下来，我们提出了ITI依赖的四个基本阶段：评估信念;通过与数据的接触建立新的信念;列出暂定主题;通过编码评估主题。我们还回顾了ITI和现有的定性数据分析方法，如主题分析，扎根理论和定性内容分析之间的几个显着差异。ITI的使用，然后说明通过其应用程序中的exiters从原教旨主义宗教的研究。总的来说，ITI的两个最显著的特点是，它通过评估最初的先入之见，尽早开始主题的发展，它依赖于写作而不是编码，通过使用不断修订的暂定结果作为产生一套最终主题的主要程序。
Because themes play such a central role in the presentation of qualitative research results, we propose a new method, Iterative Thematic Inquiry (ITI), that is guided by the development of themes. We begin by describing how ITI uses pragmatism as a theoretical basis for linking beliefs, in the form of preconceptions, to actions, in the form of data collection and analysis. Next, we present the four basic phases that ITI relies on: assessing beliefs; building new beliefs through encounters with data; listing tentative themes; and, evaluating themes through coding. We also review several notable differences between ITI and existing methods for qualitative data analysis, such as thematic analysis, grounded theory, and qualitative content analysis. The use of ITI is then illustrated through its application in a study of exiters from fundamentalist religions. Overall, the two most notable features of ITI are that it begins the development of themes as early as possible, through an assessment of initial preconceptions, and that it relies on writing rather than coding, by using a continual revision of tentative results as the primary procedure for generating a final set of themes.