An analytical grid of key themes was developed based on the study aims and familiarization with the first few transcripts, and then applied to the rest of the transcripts, following the approach described by Pope and colleagues [ 18].
Coded segments of text are entered into a grid, specifying themes along one axis and (coded) respondent identities along the other.
For qualitative data synthesis, we created a list of themes and subthemes, compared and juxtaposed them, and determined their relationships using grids and tables [ 22].
After generating the initial set of themes, I looked across the themes to identify repeating themes, closely related themes, or conflicting themes, and then generated upper level themes.
Thinking about the relationship between themes, different levels of themes were divided into main overarching themes and subthemes within them.
In determining how the studies are related, Noblit and Hare [ 12] suggest creating a list of themes or metaphors, juxtaposing them and determining how they are related; other published meta-ethnographies report using grids or tables to display concepts and themes across all studies.
We used semi-structured interviews in order to have a flexible grid of structural and open questions, allow each interviewee to describe his or her experience and introduce new themes spontaneously.
The grid of two hundred million and the grid of intimacy.
The grid of the two hundred million and the grid of intimacy.
No grid of lines was necessary.
