Dr. Evelyn Vance conducted an investigation into the psychological experiences of elite athletes returning to competitive sport after suffering career-threatening injuries.
She carried out unstructured interviews with 12 professional athletes, asking them to describe their emotional journeys and mental hurdles during their rehabilitation. She transcribed these interviews verbatim, generating a large volume of qualitative data.
Describe how Dr. Vance could conduct a thematic analysis on the qualitative data she has collected.
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