qualitative analysis

This note last modified February 20, 2025

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little q vs big q

According to this site, these are the 6 biggest qualitative methods

• qualitative content analysis
• narrative analysis
• discourse analysis
• thematic analysis
  • probably the one I use most often, though I want to learn more about grounded theory
• grounded theory
  • Thematic analysis is more about the researcher developing themes, whereas grounded theory is about creating an explanatory theory for a phenomenon.
• interpretive phenomenological analysis

Other methods:

• Autoethnography
• Trajectory Analysis

Tags: qualitative study