Clarify the analytic approach
Describe your research tradition, sampling decisions, researcher role and type of data. Thematic, content, narrative and other approaches have different assumptions. The chosen approach should fit the question; software does not select the methodology for you.
Keep a documented path from data to interpretation
Bring consent-compatible, de-identified transcripts or documents and the current coding record. Depending on the agreed scope, we can review a coding framework, help organize memos or examine how categories connect to the findings. Extracts should be accurately attributed within the study and not used to imply more agreement than the data support.
Explain the researcher’s role
Discuss how access, perspective, interviewing choices and analytic decisions may shape interpretation. Where multiple researchers are involved, describe their roles and how differences were handled. The method should reflect the approach actually used rather than a generic claim of objectivity.
Integrate mixed-methods findings
Specify whether the strands are sequential or concurrent and how one informs the other. A joint display can place quantitative patterns alongside qualitative explanations, including contradictions. The final discussion should explain what integration adds beyond two separate results sections.
Scope, files and delivery
Start with a short project brief. We assess the work, discuss the expertise required and confirm the deliverables, fee, schedule and included revisions in writing. Share the current version and the instructions that govern it. Additional data, a new target journal or a substantially changed brief may require a revised scope. You review the proposed changes and retain responsibility for the research.