Dear Marie-Hélèn Thank you for your kind suggestion and I am now on the right track. Have a happy Easter Sincerely Shep Sherphard Chidarikire (Shep) RN |MN (Nurse Practitioner) Lecturer/PhD Candidate (Mental Health)| School of Health Sciences University of Tasmania| Locked Bag 1322, Launceston TAS 7250 Email: [log in to unmask] T: 6324 3752| F: 6324 3952 > On 28 Jan 2016, at 7:46 PM, Marie-Hélène Paré <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear Shep, > > Unless you want to generate a theory from the data – which involves an awful lot of work and is frankly beyond the expected outcome of a realist review – Boyatzis’ thematic analysis is ideal to uncover themes and identify relationship between them. > > Here is a course I teach on it at the upcoming Winter School of the European Consortium for Political Research in Germany next Feb – see page 3, day 2. > > Good luck! > > Marie-Hélène > > > > > <image001.png> > > Training & Consultancy in NVivo Software > Seminars & Courses in Qualitative Data Analysis > Research & Evaluation in International Social Work > > > C/ Dos de Maig, 200, SA 2ª | 08013 | Barcelona, Spain > Office: + 34 932 464 690 | Cell: +34 693 707 150 > [log in to unmask] > > <image002.png> <image003.png> <image004.png> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Upcoming Courses on Qualitative Data Analysis > > 5th ECPR Winter School, Bamberg, Germany, February 2016 > WA111 - Introduction to NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis > WD205 – Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis > > From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shep Chid > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:07 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Approaches to analysing data for a realist review > > Dear All > > I'm in the middle of my realist review on the experiences of people with schizophrenia in subSaharan Africa. > > I was wondering if there are specific approaches to analysing the data in a realist review. For instance can I use thematic analysis or grounded theory as a strategy to make sense of the data and generate theme. > > Thank you in advance. > > > Sincerely > > Shep > > > Sherphard Chidarikire (Shep) RN |MN (Nurse Practitioner) Lecturer/PhD Candidate (Mental Health)| School of Health Sciences > University of Tasmania| Locked Bag 1322, Launceston TAS 7250 > Email: [log in to unmask] T: 6324 3752| F: 6324 3952