<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To describe the development of interpretive profiles for a hermeneutic phenomenological research study.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>literature review was conducted to identify research that has used interpretive profiles. An initial interpretive profile was constructed.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The final outcome was an interpretive profile that contained a case summary and addressed the aims of the researcher's study. The interpretive profile contained background material, coded excerpts, and interpretive comments.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Interpretive profiles can assist emerging scholars in describing self-world relations and experiential variations within and across participants. Interpretive profiles can facilitate the writing of dissertations and manuscripts since the data is systematically archived and easily retrievable.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo describe the development of interpretive profiles for a hermeneutic phenomenological research study.Methodsliterature review was conducted to identify research that has used interpretive profiles. An initial interpretive profile was constructed.ResultsThe final outcome was an interpretive profile that contained a case summary and addressed the aims of the researcher's study. The interpretive profile contained background material, coded excerpts, and interpretive comments.ConclusionsInterpretive profiles can assist emerging scholars in describing self-world relations and experiential variations within and across participants. Interpretive profiles can facilitate the writing of dissertations and manuscripts since the data is systematically archived and easily retrievable.

Analysis methods in hermeneutic phenomenological research: interpretive profiles

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo describe the development of interpretive profiles for a hermeneutic phenomenological research study.Methodsliterature review was conducted to...

Analysis methods in hermeneutic phenomenological research: interpretive profiles

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 293 - 298

Received: Mar 21, 2020

Accepted: May 26, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0038

Keywords
methodology, qualitative research, hermeneutics, phenomenology

© 2020 Sarah Oerther, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Analysis methods in hermeneutic phenomenological research: interpretive profiles

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 293 - 298

Received: Mar 21, 2020

Accepted: May 26, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0038

Keywordsmethodology, qualitative research, hermeneutics, phenomenology

© 2020 Sarah Oerther, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
methodology, qualitative research, hermeneutics, phenomenology