Briefly summarize grounded theory as an approach for carrying out a sociological research.

      

Briefly summarize grounded theory as an approach for carrying out a sociological research.

  

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Jim
-Generated from observations made, rather than being decided before the study.
-Grounded theory reverses approaches in research that collected data in order to test the validity of theoretical propositions, in favor of an approach that emphasizes the generation of theory from data.
-The aim of grounded theory is to approach research with no pre-conceived ideas about what might be discovered or learned.
-The main stages of grounded theory can be summarized as:
1.Attempt to develop categories which derive from the data.
2.Attempting then to give as many examples as possible in the categories developed in order to demonstrate their importance.
3.Developing these categories into more general and broader analytical frameworks or theories with relevance to other situations outside the research subject.
-Seeks to challenge research approaches that unwillingly or willingly look for evidence in the data to confirm or deny established theories or practices.

jim items answered the question on January 21, 2019 at 17:37


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