Dr Victoria Clarke's Outputs (6)

Can I use TA? Should I use TA? Should I not use TA? Comparing reflexive thematic analysis and other pattern‐based qualitative analytic approaches (2020)
Journal Article

Thematic analysis methods, including the reflexive approach we have developed, are widely used in counselling and psychotherapy research, as are other approaches that seek to develop ‘patterns’ (themes, categories) across cases. Without a thorough gr... Read More about Can I use TA? Should I use TA? Should I not use TA? Comparing reflexive thematic analysis and other pattern‐based qualitative analytic approaches.

The ebbs and flows of qualitative research: Time, change and the slow wheel of interpretation (2020)
Book Chapter

The qualitative researcher has been described as ‘the instrument for analysis.’ What we bring to the analytic process – our positionalities, skills, tenets, knowledge, and much more – is valued within qualitative paradigms. But what we bring is also... Read More about The ebbs and flows of qualitative research: Time, change and the slow wheel of interpretation.

The online survey as a qualitative research tool (2020)
Journal Article

Fully qualitative surveys, which prioritise qualitative research values, and harness the rich potential of qualitative data, have much to offer qualitative researchers, especially given online delivery options. Yet the method remains underutilised, a... Read More about The online survey as a qualitative research tool.

Pandemic tales: Using story completion to explore sense-making around COVID-19 lockdown restrictions (2020)
Book Chapter

Let’s start our tale about researching in a pandemic with the beginning of a story:
Sam has been keeping in touch with friends online during the COVID-19 Lockdown, and learned that some of them are going to meet up in the big local park, just after... Read More about Pandemic tales: Using story completion to explore sense-making around COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Thematic Analysis (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter provides an introduction to thematic analysis (TA) as a method for developing and interpreting patterns in qualitative data. We distinguish between different ‘schools’ of TA, focusing on: (1) approaches with a foothold in quantitative re... Read More about Thematic Analysis.

One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis? (2020)
Journal Article

Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by the existence of numerous iterations of TA that differ paradigmatically, philosophically and procedurally. This plurality in TA is often not recognised by editors, r... Read More about One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?.