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Grounded Theory
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- 1DefinitionThe systematic generation of theory from data
- 2How is it the opposite of the scientific method?Collection of data happens first relating to general research aims and questions rather than a specific hypothesis. GT gathers data and then forms a theory based on the data (Scientific method = hypothesis formulated then data collected to test it)
- 3Who was GT developed by?2 sociologists, Glaser and Strauss
- 4Glaser,1992"to discover the theory implicit in the data"
- 5What are the aims of GT?Generating concepts that explain people's actions regardless of time & place.
Formulate hypotheses based on conceptual ideas.
Discover the ppts' main concern and how they continually try to resolve it.
GT doesn't aim for the truth but to conceptualise what's going on using empirical data. - 61st stage of GTCoding - involves taking text in small pieces and putting the text into a heading that suits it. This is about identifying the idea in each bit of text.
E.g. reading through interviews with psychiatric patients and identifying the meaning behind responses being given. - 72nd stage of GTThe codes are collected into Concepts, which groups the data together. The idea is to see how the coded data might fit together and in that way generate concepts that are wider.
E.g. references to anxiety, anger can be grouped under 'emotions' - 83rd stage of GTGroups concepts into similarities and differences to develop a theory
- 9What also takes place during the coding stage?Memoing - involves recording any ideas that the researcher has while coding i.e. any explanations, factors affecting the situation; how the categories might be related
- 10What is the core category?the one theme/category that arises again and again and is linked with lots of other categories - will have high frequency and be highly connected with other categories
- 11How does the theory emerge?through the memos and the coding provides evidence for that theory
- 12StrengthsQualitative data - rich & detailed, gives personal insight. (thematic analysis is more reductionist)
Shaping the theory to the data rather then shaping the data to fit a hypothesis.
Straightforward process - explicit, saves time and confusion.
Memoing allows you to see thought process (not with thematic analysis). - 13WeaknessesSubjective interpretations - lowers validity.
Many people argue that you can't look at something without a preconceived idea of what you might be looking for.
Huge volume of data - time consuming.
Despite being rich & detailed, may still miss details when coding & categorising.
Scientific method is trusted, people tend to not trust things that aren't scientific - often data coming from GT isn't used.