This approach involved five stages: (i) familiarization with the data collected by detailing the interview recording and transcripts; (ii) identifying key issues and themes that construct a thematic framework; (iii) indexing (coding the data) into themes; (iv) charting by rearranging indexed data according to the thematic framework; and (v) mapping and interpreting the data.
Each HEPA policy and transcribed interview was reread, coded, sifted, charted, and sorted according to the key issues and themes, confirming the patterns of use of research and other evidence, and categorised into various topics and themes.
A summary of key issues and themes, gleaned from the presentations and discussions, precedes the full rapporteurs report.
A specialist in urban planning with extensive experience studying disaster recovery in both the U.S. and abroad (including Northridge, Kobe, Aceh, Haiti, and Wenchuan), Olshansky used New Orleans's experience to highlight some of the key issues and themes political leaders and policy makers must grapple with in planning for and executing post-disaster recovery.
To help us to discuss key issues and themes, we will read short excerpts from cultural theorists on intellectual history such as John Dewey, Richard Posner, bell hooks, Richard Hofstadter, and Cornell West who have posed questions about the rights and responsibilities of the public intellectual inside and outside of academic contexts.
Staying officially neutral in the governor's race between billionaire Republican Meg Whitman and sometime ally Jerry Brown, Schwarzenegger revisited key issues and themes of his governorship.
The first was used to build consensus around key issues and themes from the capacity assessment.
Data analysis will identify both positive and negative key issues and themes of importance to participants.
Then, a coding scheme was developed from the identified key issues and themes.
Qualitative analysis packages (eg., NVivo9, ATLAS TI) will be used to identify key issues and themes emerging over time.
Qualitative data were analysed using a framework developed according to the research objectives, key issues and themes.
