Conducting Thematic Analysis with Qualitative Data

Authors

Chad R. Lochmiller, Indiana UniversityFollow

Abstract

This article discusses one approach to conducting thematic analysis using structured qualitative data collected from focus groups. Thematic analysis is one of the most used but often poorly defined approaches in the qualitative research community. The method is principally concerned with the identification of patterns which are then reported as researcher-generated themes. In this article, I use data obtained from the Qualitative Data Repository to demonstrate how secondary qualitative data can be analyzed to produce themes. I note the ways in which this process unfolds as well as how it differs from other techniques.

Keywords

qualitative research, research methods, thematic analysis

Author Bio(s)

Chad R. Lochmiller is an associate professor of educational leadership at Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on educational leadership and policy, with a particular interest in instructional leadership, supervision, and improvement. He is the editor of Complementary Research Methods for Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Please direct correspondence to clochmil@indiana.edu.

Publication Date

6-22-2021

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2021.5008

Recommended APA Citation

Lochmiller, C. R. (2021). Conducting Thematic Analysis with Qualitative Data. The Qualitative Report, 26(6), 2029-2044. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021.5008