Collective findings, individual interpretations: an illustration of a pluralistic approach to qualitative data analysis
Frost, N.A. and Holt, A. and Shinebourne, P. and Esin, C. and Nolas, S.-M. and Mehdizadeh, L. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2011) Collective findings, individual interpretations: an illustration of a pluralistic approach to qualitative data analysis. Qualitative Research in Psychology 8 (1), pp. 93-113. ISSN 1478-0887.
Abstract
The establishment of qualitative approaches in the mainstream of psychology research facilitates innovation in their use, both singly and in combination. In this article, we describe a pluralistic qualitative analysis of the transcript of a semi-structured interview on the topic of second-time motherhood using Grounded Theory, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Narrative Analysis, and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. Each approach encapsulates different epistemological assumptions and is employed by a different analyst. We present key collective findings and the different interpretations of these findings by each analyst. We discuss how a pluralistic qualitative approach to data analysis can aid the quest to “know more” about a phenomenon by providing a more holistic, multilayered understanding of data that works across epistemologies.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | integration, motherhood, pluralism, polyvocal, qualitative analysis |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2018 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/21696 |
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