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Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health· 2019Q1

To saturate or not to saturate? Questioning data saturation as a useful concept for thematic analysis and sample-size rationales

Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke

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This commentary argues that the widely used concept of data saturation in thematic analysis (TA) is inconsistent with reflexive TA principles, suggesting researchers should embrace uncertainty in data collection rather than seeking pre-defined sample sizes.

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Field: Sociology and Political Science

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