Grounded Theory Approach

Grounded Theory Approach

1. discovery of theory from data

2. Analysis and data collection proceed together

3. begin with broadly drawn up research questions/theories and refine these through data

4. 4 stages on analysis

   • codes
     • mark part of the data that is " interesting"
   • concepts
     • collection of codes that allows the data to be grouped
   • catergories
     • broad groups of similar concepts that are used to generate theory
   • theory
     • a collection of explanations that explain the subject of the research

5. data analysis is the process of reordering data, it involves creating codes which are used to organise data

6. Codes help with data management, interpretation and analysis

   • There are 3 main types of coding
     • axial coding
       • reconnecting data in new ways
     • open coding
       • breaking data down
     • selective coding
       • identifying core caterogories

7. criticisms of GT

   • time consuming
   • difficult not to lose the narrative when cutting down the data
   • data is never raw
   • funders want certainty
   • do catergories in the data exist or are they made up by the researcher

8. grounded theory starts when you are in a research setting

9. the researcher compares data from different sources and looks for cases which might disprove the emerging theory

10. stages

    • 1. research design
      • 2. data collection
        • 3. Analysis
          • memoing

11. memos are notes written by the researcher

12. to identify themes and concepts you must be familiar with the data

13. Indexing involves reading each phrase, sentence, paragraph in detail to decide what they mean

14. inductive reasoning- probable

15. deductive reasoning- certain