השוואת שיטות

	ניתוח תמטי רפלקסיבי השוואתי	ניתוח תמטי רפלקסיבי
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2006 (reflexive TA); comparative application formalised ~2019–2021	2006 (seminal paper); explicitly named 'reflexive' from ~2019
הוגה השיטה	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke
סוג	Qualitative analytic approach	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. Sage. ISBN: 978-1473953406	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
כינויים	Comparative RTA, cross-group thematic analysis, comparative TA, comparative qualitative thematic comparison	RTA, reflexive TA, Braun and Clarke thematic analysis, qualitative thematic analysis
קשורות	4	6
תקציר	Comparative Reflexive Thematic Analysis (CRTA) applies Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis framework to data drawn from two or more distinct groups, time points, or contexts, with the explicit goal of contrasting thematic patterns across those groups. The reflexive element means the analyst continuously interrogates how their own perspectives and positioning shape the themes they construct, while the comparative element directs attention to differences and similarities between data sets rather than seeking a single unified account.	Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) is a widely used qualitative method for identifying, analysing, and interpreting patterns of shared meaning — called themes — across a dataset. Developed by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke, it is theoretically flexible, works across epistemological positions, and foregrounds the researcher's active, interpretive role rather than treating themes as features that simply emerge from data. It differs from older 'codebook' approaches by treating the analyst's subjectivity as a resource rather than a source of bias to be suppressed.