Virginia Braun

Thematic Analysis

To saturate or not to saturate? Questioning data saturation as a useful concept for thematic analysis and sample-size rationales

The concept of data saturation, defined as 'information redundancy' or the point at which no new themes or codes 'emerge' from data, is widely referenced in thematic analysis (T...

Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis

Since initially writing on thematic analysis in 2006, the popularity of the method we outlined has exploded, the variety of TA approaches have expanded, and, not least, our thin...

One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?

Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by the existence of numerous iterations of TA that differ paradigmatically, philosophically and...