Codebook analysis methods are thematic analysis methods that offer a pragmatic approach to the analysis process with accepted mechanisms for teams to share analysis across a dataset and potentially expedites analysis timeframes compared with other methods such as Reflexive Thematic Analysis
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Reflect on what you have learned about framework analysis and whether this approach fits with your research aim – in particular will you:
be working with short or longer passages of data or text? (e.g. from transcripts, survey responses or data extracted from papers in a review etc.)
are you primarily hoping to organise the patterns you identify in the data you will be analysing into maps, typologies, looking for associations between ideas or seeking to recommend strategies?
What would be the advantages or disadvantages of using framework analysis to address your research question?