The Discovery of Grounded Theory¶
Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine Publishing.
Cited by¶
5 citations across 5 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Memoing
- Qualitative research and grounded theory. Analytic memos treated as the engine of category emergence, distinct from descriptive fieldnotes — the canonical case.
This sourceEstablishes analytic memoing as the engine of category emergence, written contemporaneously and kept distinct from descriptive fieldnotes—the canonical parallel reasoning trace.
- Qualitative research and grounded theory. Analytic memos treated as the engine of category emergence, distinct from descriptive fieldnotes — the canonical case.
- Theoretical Sampling
- Grounded-theory qualitative research. The canonical use: having coded one round of interviews, the researcher picks the next informant by what category needs saturating — a deviant case to test a mechanism, a contrasting institution to probe a boundary, a similar case to confirm a thin pattern.
This sourceIntroduces theoretical sampling — selecting the next case by what it would teach the emerging theory — and the saturation stopping criterion.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The readable page supports only that Glaser and Strauss's method chose comparison groups systematically; it says nothing about coding a round of interviews, saturation, or deviant/contrasting/similar case selection.
“This strategy involves the systematic choice and study of several comparison groups.”
- Grounded-theory qualitative research. The canonical use: having coded one round of interviews, the researcher picks the next informant by what category needs saturating — a deviant case to test a mechanism, a contrasting institution to probe a boundary, a similar case to confirm a thin pattern.
Mechanisms¶
- Coding-Frame Revision
- This is the everyday practice behind the constant comparative method, in which new cases are continually checked against emerging categories and the frame is refined as themes stabilize.
This sourceDefines constant comparison as checking incoming observations against developing categories and refining those categories throughout analysis.
- This is the everyday practice behind the constant comparative method, in which new cases are continually checked against emerging categories and the frame is refined as themes stabilize.
- Constant Comparison Matrix
- Under the constant comparative method, every case must earn its place by changing a category or being explicitly checked and found not to,
This sourceDefines constant comparison as checking each incident against prior incidents and emerging category properties so categories and theory remain grounded in the data.
- Under the constant comparative method, every case must earn its place by changing a category or being explicitly checked and found not to,
- Follow-Up Case Sampling Plan
- The guarding discipline is to pre-commit both the disconfirming cases and the retract condition, in the spirit of theoretical sampling — choosing the next cases to develop and stress the emerging idea, not to decorate it.
This sourceDefines theoretical sampling as choosing subsequent cases and data in response to an emerging theory so that gaps are filled and categories are developed, elaborated, and qualified.
- The guarding discipline is to pre-commit both the disconfirming cases and the retract condition, in the spirit of theoretical sampling — choosing the next cases to develop and stress the emerging idea, not to decorate it.
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