Figure 1
The flowchart begins with a text box on the left labeled “Validating the Accuracy of the Information”. Two rightward branches emerge from this left text box: one points to the Stage 1 text box labeled “Raw data: Transcripts”, and the other points to the Stage 7 text box labeled “Interpreting the meaning of themes and descriptions”. To the right of the left text box, seven vertically arranged stages are shown. Stage 1 contains a rectangle labeled “Raw data: Transcripts”. A downward arrow emerges from this Stage 1 text box and points to the text box in Stage 2 labeled “Organizing and preparing data for analysis”. A downward arrow emerges from this Stage 2 text box and points to the text box in Stage 3 labeled “Reading through all data”. A downward arrow emerges from the text box in Stage 3 and points to the text box in Stage 4 labeled “Coding the data (A T L A S dot ti 9 software)”. From the Stage 4 text box, two downward arrows emerge and point to two separate text boxes in Stage 5 labeled “Themes” on the left and “Descriptions” on the right. From each Stage 5 text box, a downward arrow emerges, and both arrows point to the Stage 6 text box labeled “Interpreting themes and descriptions”. A final downward arrow emerges from Stage 6 and points to the Stage 7 text box labeled “Interpreting the meaning of themes and descriptions”. On the far right, the labels from “Stage 1” to “Stage 7” from top to bottom are shown.Qualitative Analysis Framework and Procedures. Source: Authors' own work