Hi,
I am looking to analyse my survey responses (N=16) responses.
They are not heavily detailed and are in response to a total of (N=3) open ended question. The questions were asked to a set of professionals. It is a small scale study.
However, I wondered if TA would be an appropriate method? I am worried the dataset may be too small. Are there any other types of methods/coding analysis I could use?
Thank you in advance
Hi Emma
Alternatively, you could see if content analysis is possible given the fact that responses are not much detailed in their description.
Choosing a text analysis depends on research purpose and design. In your case, for flexibility, you might go for thematic analysis (TA) so that you can analyze the open-ended responses within your survey and link the analysis to the quantitative data gained within the same survey. To that end, you could consider the structured tabular TA suggested by Robinson (2021), referenced below.
Robinson, O. C. (2021). Conducting thematic analysis on brief texts: The structured tabular approach. Qualitative Psychology. Article Conducting thematic analysis on brief texts: The structured ...
Good luck,
If you only have limited data, then using different methods won't make a whole lot of difference. I'd try TA by using open-coding and/or process coding and then see what I get, and if not satisfactory, then maybe try content analysis like Kailash Jandu (above) suggested.
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