Summary
Contents
Subject index
Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology equips students and researchers in psychology and the social sciences to carry out qualitative data analysis, focusing on four major methods (grounded theory, interpretative phenomenological analysis, discourse analysis and narrative analysis). Assuming no prior knowledge of qualitative research, chapters on the nature, assumptions and practicalities of each method are written by acknowledged experts. To help students and researchers make informed methodological choices about their own research the book addresses data collection and the writing up of research using each method, while providing a sustained comparison of the four methods, backed up with authoritative analyses using the different methods.
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
This chapter outlines the theoretical underpinnings of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). It discusses the type of research questions for which IPA is suitable and considers sampling and data collection methods. Finally it offers some guidelines to conducting an IPA study, including the interviewing and analytic processes.
Key terms
- case study
- cool cognition
- double hermeneutic
- hermeneutics
- hot cognition
- identity
- idiographic
- interpretation
- meaning-making
- phenomenology
- semi-structured interviews
- themes
Theoretical underpinnings
Each of the three words making up IPA has a long intellectual history. However, over the last ten years or so ...
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