Lessons from BI in Public Institutions

Thematic analysis of qualitative data

Ruhode states that themes come both from the data (an inductive approach) and from the investigator's prior theoretical understanding of the phenomenon under study (an a priori approach). In a priori approach, themes come from the characteristics of the phenomenon being studied as understood by the researcher. A researcher's values, theoretical orientations, and personal experiences can be sources of themes in a priori approach. In this study, a priori approach was used.