Table 2 Process of inductive thematic analysis
Activities | Rationale | |
|---|---|---|
Stage 1 | Repeatedly read each transcript, as a whole | Obtain a global picture of the interview and become familiar with the interviewee’s verbal style |
Stage 2 | Code the transcript by making notes corresponding to the fundamental units of meanings | Make descriptive notes using the participant’s own words |
Stage 3 | Make conceptual notes through processes of condensation, abstraction, and comparison of the initial notes | Categorize initial notes and reach a higher level of abstraction |
Stage 4 | Identify initial themes Provide text quotes that illustrate the main ideas of each theme | Themes are labels that summarize the essence of a number of related conceptual notes |
Stage 5 | Identify recurrent themes across transcripts and produce a coherent ordered table of the themes, gathered into domains of experience | Move from the particular to the shared across multiple experiences. Recurrent themes reflect a shared understanding of the phenomena among all participants |