Table 1 The seven stages of phenomenographic analysis [7]
From: Defining and measuring quality in acute paediatric trauma stabilisation: a phenomenographic study
| 1. Familiarisation |
Reading through all interview transcripts in depth to get an impression of how the interview proceeded. All data (viewpoints) in the entire pool are given equal consideration. |
| 2. Condensation | Identifying meaning units in the dialogue of each interview and marking or saving these for further scrutiny. |
| 3. Comparison | Comparing each of the meaning units for similarities and differences. |
| 4. Grouping | Allocating answers expressing similar ways of understanding the phenomenon to the same category. |
| 5. Articulating | Capturing the essential meaning of a certain category. |
| 6. Labelling |
Expressing the core meaning of each of the categories. Steps 3–6 are repeated in an iterative procedure to make sure that the similarities within and differences between categories are established. |
| 7. Contrasting | Comparing the categories through a contrastive procedure whereby they are described in terms of their individual meanings as well as in terms of what they do not comprise. |