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Inductive Vs Deductive items
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o Inductive – themes from FG
o Deductive – themes from previous studies/ systematic review / AAV-PRO
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Steps of framework analysis
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- Transcription
- Familiarisation with the interview and adding in field / moderator notes for later analysis
- Codes - Transcript reviewed line by line and coded (‘open coding’)
- Frame work analysis – Figure 1, codes were further refined and described (Table 1)
- Applying the framework - Indexing
- Charting/ matrix – Rows (cases), columns (codes), summarised data into method matrix
- Analytic Memos
- Critical analysis – summary notes, reflectivity, research diary / log
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Advantages of framework analysis
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- Good for large data sets, large research groups / MDTs or inexperienced people to follow
- Flexible – not aligned with any particular theoretical or philosophical approach
- Useful for those with relative inexperience with qualitative research
- Used in health care research
- Useful if multiple researchers -matrix allows everyone to see the data and contribute their ideas and suggestions.
- Used most often when semi structured interviews used
- Not limited to one or the other of inductive and deductive methods of analysis
- Clear audit trail of the data
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Disadvantages of Framework analysis
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- Can’t cover very heterogeneous topics as there needs to be some overlapping principles for codes to then be categorised
- Not useful for life history data, conversational analysis, documentary data
- Time consuming and resource intensive
- Inclusion of so many people can lead to delays in analysis
- New skills required with non-experts who need to learn how to code, chart data and practice reflexivity.
