While using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) in a Qualitative study, how can we represent data from several stakeholders other than the target group to explain different perspectives in a single study?
I will deeply appreciate your time and effort to provide any help, references and guidance.
Regards
Renitta
At the outset, it seems appropriate to honor a phenomenological approach in all steps and stages of the research process, for example, this will allow “phenomena to speak for themselves” in research design, data collection, and analysis. This would promote originality and authenticity and may result in very different data representation from the following proposed example.
Concerning “representation of data from several stakeholders other than the target group” as well as data from the target group, repeated reading and immersion in the data is crucial. Assuming the same approach, design, and data collection for all participants, and researchers reflexive narratives for additional audit trail purposes, data analysis might include the following steps.
1. NVivo coarse sieve for coding and organizing of emergent themes,
2. Thematic content analysis.
3. Deeper re-reading and exploration of natural units of experience,
4. Phenomenological analysis of stakeholders and target group findings separately,
5. Creative synthesis to allow phenomenological essentials from different perspectives to emerge,
6. In step 5 “different perspectives” could also include independent analyses, e.g. by co-authors, as well as theoretical perspectives and practical steps recommended by IPA writers.
7. Explication and interpretation,
8. Discussion and conclusion.
Hi all,
I suppose Julia's work could help you:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315081595-9/learning-doers-women-color-aids-service-organizations-understanding-intersectionality-julia-jordan-zachery
The best of lucks, Renitta!
Javi
I think a lot depends on how you interviewed the additional stakeholders. If you used IPA principles for both sets of interviews, and did not let one set of perspectives influence what you learned from the other participants, that would be important. In particular, it is common to use a comparative perspective in the analysis of qualitative data, although I have not seen this done in IPA.
I regret the delay in acknowledging the answers. Still, I would like to express my gratitude to Stephen David Edwards, Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer, and David L Morgan for sharing your knowledge and experience.
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