analysis Top-down or bottom-up qualitative coding? In framework analysis, sometimes described as a top-down or 'a-priori' approach, the researcher decides on the topics of interest they will look for before they start the analysis, usually based on a theory they are looking to test. In inductive coding the researcher takes a more bottom-up approach
analysis Participatory analysis: closing the loop In participatory research, we try to get away from the idea of researchers doing research on people, and move to a model where they are conducting research with people. The movement comes partly from feminist critiques of epistemology, attacking the pervasive notion that
