REPORTERS Objectives: 1. To identify the main characteristic of grounded theory. 2. ------------------------------------------------- To critically evaluate the methodology of grounded theory. Grounded Theory Grounded theory was developed in 1960’s by two sociologist‚ (Glaser and Strauss‚ 1967) one of whom (Strauss) had strong theoretical training in symbolic interaction. One of their earliest studies was grounded theory on dying in hospitals in which the prime controllable variable was
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Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research’ was first published and this introduced what has become the most influential paradigm for qualitative research in the social sciences today‚ the methodology of grounded theory (GT) (Cutcliffe‚ 2005‚ p.421; Patton‚ 2002‚ p.124). Despite being heralded as revolutionary in the history of qualitative traditions‚ it is the most frequently disputed and misunderstood of all the research methods‚ likely due to the methodological split between it’s
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principles. I shall also look at the key research concepts of reliability and validity as they relate to ethnography‚ and will discuss the importance of context to ethnographic inquiry. In the final part of the chapter‚ I shall highlight some of the ’central concerns of this topic by contrasting psychometry and ethnography‚ The chapter seeks to address the following questions: • - What do we mean by ethnography? • - What are the key principles guiding ethnographic research? • - How might one deal with threats
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ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Ethnographic research: Overview Ethnography studies cultures‚ subcultures through close observation and interpretation. In the process of ethnographic research‚ the phenomenon is being observed by direct involvement of the researcher‚ finding ways and methods to take part in people ’s lives in order to be close to the cultural context. In this sense‚ ethnographic research has collaborative nature because the project would not be possible to realize without the targeted members
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TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Title of the paper: Application of Grounded Theory in Health Research: Health Sector Prepared By Ms. ROHINI SHINDE M.Phil Scholar Date: 11/2/08 Place: TISS‚ Mumbai. Introduction to the Health Sector Introduction: If one talk about Health sector in general‚ one would realise that it is very broad and complex sector involving different kinds of Health problems‚ complicated diagnostics methods‚ multiple and tedious treatment regimes‚ and multiple
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Grounded theory has emerged from the knowledge of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in early 1967. Later on‚ Strauss developed a highly structured‚ fully qualitative book with Juliet Corbin. Grounded theory is a form of a qualitative research which studies individuals’ experiences with some kind of a process and then creates a theory or an explanation of how that process works. It mainly relies on interviews‚ observations‚ and artifacts. The theory that is created in grounded theory is generated
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1. Grounded theory methods emerged from two sociologists‚ Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss‚ and their 1960s research on dying in hospitals—a topic that was rarely studied at that time. 2. Glaser and Strauss observed dying patients and how an awareness that they were dying influenced their interactions with relatives and hospital staff. 3. As they constructed their analyses of dying‚ they developed systematic methodological strategies that social scientists could adopt for studying other topics
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4 What Is Grounded Theory? Grounded theory is a widely used approach in qualitative research. It is not the only approach and it is not used by all qualitative researchers. Grounded theory is “a qualitative research method that uses a systematic set of procedures to develop an inductively derived theory about a phenomenon” (Strauss and Corbin‚ 1990:24). The purpose of grounded theory is to build a theory that is faithful to the evidence. It is a method for discovering new theory. In it‚ the
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the theory mentions that the mental apparatus can be divided into conscious‚ unconscious‚ and Pre-Conscious. Then the Topographic theory was then replaced with the structure theory‚ this theory states the mental state consists of the id‚ ego‚ and super ego. The id exists at the beginning of birth which is the basic natural instincts. The ego develops as someone ages consisting between urges and the external world‚ and is based on the “reality principle”. The super-ego is related with ego and has
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constructivist grounded theory by tracing the historical development of the methodology. It is a popular methodology in psychology‚ education and nursing. The authors also demonstrate the difference between traditional and constructivist grounded theory through discussing their common characteristics. Such a comprehensive discussion broadens my theoretical knowledge and makes me confident to apply this methodology efficiently. Being a professor of nursing‚ Mills focuses her research on primary health
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