q. 8 Grounded Theory

a) What lies in the indication of the direction that the development of theory needs to be "grounded"?

b) Indicate some disagreement within GT

c) Give a presentation of the knowledge development in a research characterized by GT

  • Contextualized theory of social processes emerges from data, that is truly grounded in data
  • Researcher tries not to Influence the process

Grounded/Top-down

Grounded:

  • bottom-up, rooted in, shaped by, tailored to data

Top-down:

  • imposition of pre-existing theory and units of meaning upon the data
  • against hypotheses-testing of pre-existing theory to new data
  1. The role of Induction
  1. Discovery vs Construction
  1. Focus on Social processes vs Individual Exp.

Originally:
ideally Fully Inductive

recent:

  • intro. of step-by-step guidelines

Prescribe a priori cat. of Meaning/Patterns
to give > attention to

Originally:
theory Discovered from data;
'emerging': pre-existing, "out there"

  • played down the Influence of the Res.er
  • Positivistic Ep. not Compatible w 'big q'

Another version:

  • Social Constructionist

theory not simply emerge,
But: Constructed by the Res.er through Interaction w Data

Originally:

  • theorize Social Processes within particular Contexts

Full-Version w
Cyclical Interpretative Inquiry

recently:

  • GT inspired coding as Meth. data Analysis only

Abbreviated version

used > for:

  • individual Understanding and Exp.

Knowledge is produced Theory:

  • identification of Cat. of Meaning
  • their Connection and Relationship
  1. Identification of Categories
  1. Coding
  1. Constant Comparative Analysis
  1. Negative Case analysis
  1. Theoretical Sensitivity
  1. Theoretical Sampling
  1. Theoretical Saturation
  1. Memo-writing
  • Descriptive Labels
  • Higher-order, > analytical Categories
  • Higher-order, >> Analytical Categories
    ideally in vivo
  • refine, find Subcategories, nuance
  • based on Similarities and Diff.s
  • look for Exceptions and Negative cases
  • Collect further data and Check emerging Theory vs Reality
  • goals: Refinement and Saturation
  • more a Goal than a reality
  • goal: set of Cat. of Meaning that fully capture all the Data
  • move from Description to Analysis
  • Actively ask qq.s to Data & evt. gather New data
  • traces various Decisions, Change of Directions, and Justification
  • provides important info bt the Research Process and the Findings