Is there a specific step by step guide/paper to follow when conducting inductive quantitative content analysis? I've read the papers by Elo et al., but was wondering if there's something else, thank you.
Add: Some more detail: I have ] two open-ended questions in a survey, they are to be analysed via inductive content analysis, meaning reading through the answers, developing codes, coding and then quantifying the answers (just to get the frequencies), I was wondering if there is a specific paper explaining this process, thank you.
Hi
Any book of methodology has the information
Or look paper with quantitative methodology
Ingrid
Kinga,
Your theory should provide some guidance on the themes or concepts you expect to find in your content analysis. You might start perhaps with this handy guide from Nick J Fox: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick_Fox3/post/What_is_the_difference_between_content_analysis_and_thematic_analysis_as_methods_used_in_qualitative_data_analysis/attachment/59d61f1279197b807797d7ba/AS%3A273622457880604%401442248085721/download/Qual+Analysis+ch+2.pdf
What are the steps...
Your theory may provide a framework for the themes and categories, but I encourage you and an independent research collaborator to individually go through some sample interviews, and see what themes emerge. Then compare notes and refine your themes, and only then compare back to your theory. Refine again. Once you have the themes, develop categories or nodes that you can use to code elements of the interviews. At this point you'll do the coding (and attend to any emergent themes that may not have been apparent in the initial theme development). Now, evaluate your theory in light of the themes you found in the interviews - is the theory supported? Do you need to refine the theory? Can your data be explained by other (existing or new) theories? Finally, you will write up your results and discuss the findings, both descriptively and in terms of the theory and the role of the data in providing evidence for / against the theory.
Cheers,
Todd
Dear Todd L'Herrou,
Thank you for your answer, perhaps I should refine my question as it's more simplistic. I have two open-ended questions in a survey, they are to be analysed via inductive content analysis, meaning reading through the answers, developing codes, coding and then quantifying the answers (just to get the frequencies), I was wondering if there is a specific paper explaining this process, thank you.
https://sites.google.com/site/howtousethematicanalysis/home/how-to-use-thematic-analysis
Thank you, one confusing thing here is that I am using the SPSS to quantify my responses, that;s why I went with inductive quant CA
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