Using Diagrams to Make Meaning in Grounded Theory Data Collection and Analysis

Around one billion people live in informal settlements globally, including over half of Nairobi, Kenya’s 3 million residents. The purpose of this study was to explore women’s fear of victimization within Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya and how fear of victimization influences women’s behaviors. Fifty-five in-depth interviews were conducted with women in 2015–2016. A modified grounded theory approach guided data collection and analysis. Findings suggest fear of victimization is a serious concern in informal settlements, but women have found ways to adapt their behaviors to cope and to continue to function and protect their children despite fearing victimization.

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Qualitative Research Designs

Data Analysis and Methods of Qualitative Research - Advances in Library and Information Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8549-8.ch003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 55-76

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Study Design ◽

Big Five ◽

Case Study Design ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Research Designs ◽

Question And Answer

This chapter discusses the big five qualitative traditions/designs and others. It is divided into seven sections, and the first section discusses biography design. The types and steps of undertaking projects via biography design are highlighted in detail. The second and third sections address phenomenology and grounded theory designs respectively. The case study design is exposed in Section 4 while historical design is explored in Section 5. Section 6 contains information related to ethnography design. The readers will be able to understand the data collection and analysis procedures related to each and every design and the unique characteristics of the designs are exposed in this chapter. The chapter is concluded by a question and answer section, where important questions are suggested and answered.

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Advancing Grounded Theory: Using Theoretical Frameworks within Grounded Theory Studies

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1014 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Donald Mitchell

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Full Length ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Founding Fathers ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Research Questions

The founding fathers of grounded theory (GT) claimed it is an inductive methodological approach. Yet, some scholars argue that purely inductive GTs are not possible given researchers’ involvement in data collection and analysis. Subsequently, a constructivist GT approach was introduced. Still, full-length methodological articles that include rationales or detailed explanations for using constructivist GT approaches are limited in peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of this article is to highlight the ways in which the author used a constructivist GT approach in his dissertation. Within the article, the author provides concrete examples and a rationale for the ways in which he used a theoretical framework within a constructivist GT study. First, the author introduces literature on GT. Next, the author introduces the theoretical framework used in the study, highlighting the introduction of a theoretical framework as a departure from the traditional tenets of GT. Finally, the author highlights the ways in which he used the theoretical framework to shape the research questions, data collection and analysis, and findings.

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Raízes sócio-filosóficas e evolução da Grounded Theory

Revista Pesquisa Qualitativa ◽

10.33361/rpq.2018.v.6.n.12.135 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (12) ◽

pp. 595

Author(s):

Ângela Simões ◽

Paula Sapeta

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Nursing Homes ◽

Data Collection ◽

Symbolic Interactionism ◽

Chicago School ◽

Social Actors ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

The University

Resumo: A Grounded Theory (GT) é uma metodologia que, a partir das experiências vivenciadas por atores sociais, e através de processos de codificação e comparação constante, permite o desenvolvimento de teoria. Este ensaio teórico, de natureza descritivo-reflexiva, elaborada durante a investigação acerca da Promoção e Preservação da Dignidade no Contexto de Cuidados em Lares de Idosos, realizada no contexto do Doutoramento em Enfermagem da Universidade de Lisboa, tem o objetivo de apresentar a revisão narrativa e metodológica sobre as origens e evolução da GT, desde a influência fundamental do interacionismo simbólico, do pragmatismo e da Escola de Chicago salientando o momento diacritico na trajetória dos seus autores originais, Barney Glaser e Anselm Strauss, pautado por ideias distintas sobre o processo de recolha e análise de dados e sobre a postura do pesquisador perante o contexto e a própria investigação, que marcará a evolução da metodologia até à atualidade.Palavras-chave: Investigação qualitativa; Grounded Theory; Interacionismo Simbólico. Socio-philosophical roots and evolution of Grounded TheoryAbstract: The Grounded Theory (GT) is a methodology that, from the experiences lived by social actors, and through processes of codification and constant comparison, allows the development of theory. This theoretical essay, of a descriptive-reflexive nature, elaborated during the investigation about the Promotion and Preservation of Dignity in the context of Care in Nursing Homes, carried out in the context of the PhD in Nursing of the University of Lisbon, has the purpose of presenting the narrative and methodological revision on the origins and evolution of the GT, from the fundamental influence of symbolic interactionism, pragmatism and the Chicago School emphasizing the diacritical moment in the trajectory of its original authors, Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss, based on distinct ideas about the process of data collection and analysis and on the researcher's posture before the context and the research, that will mark the evolution of the methodology to date.Keywords: Qualitative research; Grounded Theory; Symbolic Interactionism.

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Grounded Theory Methodology

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.522 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Paul Sebastian Ruppel ◽

Günter Mey

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Collection ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Research Process ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

Process Data ◽

Grounded Theory Methodology ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Theoretical Sampling

Grounded theory methodology is one of the most widely used approaches to collect and analyze data within qualitative research. It can be characterized as a framework for study design, data collection, and analysis, which aims at the development of middle-range theories. The final result of such a study is called a “grounded theory,” and it consists of categories that are related to each other. Health and risk message design researchers working with grounded theory methodology are explicitly invited to use any kind of data they consider suitable for a particular project. Grounded theory methodology studies were originally based on intense fieldwork data, but in the meantime, interviews have become the most widely used type of data. In addition, there is a growing interest in using visual data such as pictures or film. Grounded theory methodology originated from sociology, but has since been applied in many different disciplines. This widened application went along with modifications, new developments, and innovations, and led to several current variants of grounded theory methodology. Basic features of grounded theory methodology include theoretical sampling, specific coding procedures with a comparative approach to analysis, and memo writing. The strategy of theoretical sampling requires that theoretical insights gained from the analysis of initially collected data guide subsequent data collection. Hence, during the research process data collection and analysis alternate and interact. For data analysis, different ways of coding enable the researcher to develop increasingly abstract conceptual ideas and reflections, first embodied in codes, later in categories. This analytical process allows for a step-by-step development of categories that are grounded in data. Category development entails comparisons at all stages, for example, of different cases during sampling, of different data pieces, and of different codes and categories during analysis. As a result, grounded theory methodology is also known as the constant comparative method. Throughout the research process the researcher writes memos and keeps track of the development of conceptual ideas, methodological reflections, and practical to-dos. Today, many researchers use software specifically developed to assist the process of qualitative data analysis.

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“I’m Trying to Stop Things Before They Happen”: Carers’ Contributions to Patient Safety in Hospitals

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732319841021 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (10) ◽

pp. 1508-1518 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bronwen Merner ◽

Sophie Hill ◽

Michael Taylor

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Safety ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

High Intensity ◽

Adult Patients ◽

Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Depth Interviews

Patient safety policies increasingly encourage carer (i.e., family or friends) involvement in reducing health care–associated harm in hospital. Despite this, carer involvement in patient safety in practice is not well understood—especially from the carers’ perspective. The purpose of this article is to understand how carers of adult patients perceived and experienced their patient safety contributions in hospital. Constructivist grounded theory informed the data collection and analysis of in-depth interviews with 32 carers who had patient safety concerns in Australian hospitals. Results demonstrated carers engaged in the process of “patient-safety caring.” Patient-safety caring included three levels of intensity: low (“contributing without concern”), moderate (“being proactive about safety”), and high (“wrestling for control”). Carers who engaged at high intensity provided the patient with greater protection, but typically experienced negative consequences for themselves. Carers’ experiences of negative consequences from safety involvement need to be mitigated by practice approaches that value their contributions.

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TO BE AND HOW TO BE: INSIDES OF PROGRESS AND FAILURE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Journal of Science and Technology - IUH ◽

10.46242/jst-iuh.v35i05.336 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (05) ◽

Author(s):

NGUYỄN TRƯỜNG SA

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Language Learning ◽

General Formula ◽

Language Learner ◽

Holistic Model ◽

Individual Factor ◽

Affective Factors ◽

Learning Stories ◽

Data Collection And Analysis

This study investigated deeply into what happened when a language learner made failure and success. The question is how and what learners do to make improvements and achievements and/or to turn their learning results worse. Adopting grounded theory methodology and ethnographic perspective with prolong observations and interviews as the basis of data collection and analysis, the researcher studied the learning stories of 8 participants in 24 months to build up a general formula explaining how improvements and achievements operate. Motivation and autonomy were classified as the two central and most stable constructs in a holistic model containing numerous changing affective factors. Results showed that it is not really because of any single change in any individual factor/construct, but the operation of this whole model shapes the success and failure in language learning.

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Preventing Infidelity: A Theory of Protective Factors

The Family Journal ◽

10.1177/1066480718809428 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 22-30

Author(s):

Marissa A. Fye ◽

Grace A. Mims

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Protective Factors ◽

Peer Review ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Semistructured Interview ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Values And Beliefs ◽

Interview Format

The purpose of this study was to identify a theory that explains how married persons maintain monogamy. Ten participants were interviewed twice using a semistructured interview format. Grounded theory methods of data collection and analysis were used. Member-checking, bracketing, peer-review, analytic memos, and external auditing were used throughout the study for verification purposes. The data supported the finding that monogamy is maintained by small, continual, and consistent efforts in each protective factor area. The protective factors include (a) building a secure attachment or emotional bond; (b) sex in a marriage; (c) behavioral, cognitive, and relationship boundaries; (d) practicing congruence; (e) fostering values and beliefs that support monogamy; and (f) coping individually and as a couple.

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Metamorphosis into mother after 35 years of age: a study of Grounded Theory

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s1980-220x2018033403485 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Anabela Ferreira dos Santos ◽

Maria dos Anjos Pereira Lopes ◽

Maria Antónia Rebelo Botelho

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Transition Process ◽

Research Data ◽

Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽

Dark Side ◽

Comprehensive Model ◽

Transition To Motherhood ◽

Data Collection And Analysis

ABSTRACT Objective To understand the transition process of women through maternity status after 35 years of age. Method The methodology of constructivist Grounded Theory was used in the design of research, data collection and analysis. Results The results allowed the construction of a comprehensive model of the transition to motherhood experience after the age of 35, called “Metamorphosis in Mother”. This process integrates several categories, being addressed in this article only two of them: “Confronting the dark side” and “Caring for herself”. Conclusion From the results, the difficulties experienced by the mothers around the 2nd month are highlighted, which revealed an obscure side of motherhood unknown to mothers and the need to take care of themselves to overcome these difficulties.

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“I’m Not an Expert, But…”: Perspectives on Aquatic Management for LGBTQ Participants

Recreational Sports Journal ◽

10.1177/1558866120909449 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 24-37

Author(s):

Austin Robert Anderson ◽

Eric Knee ◽

William Dominic Ramos

Keyword(s):

General Practice ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Data Collection ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Campus Recreation ◽

Inclusive Practices ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Reactive Programming

The purpose of this study was to examine the initiatives that current aquatic managers in campus recreation are implementing to create environments that are inclusive to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) participation and to assess the barriers to such initiatives. The study utilized in-depth semistructured interviews with nine campus recreation aquatic managers to examine steps that are currently being taken when it comes to creating environments that are perceived to be open, or closed, to LGBTQ participants. A grounded theory–based process of data collection and analysis resulted in emergent themes. These themes included (a) “I am not an expert but…,” (b) reactive programming and management, (c) inclusion as a general practice, and (d) the importance of gender-inclusive practices. Management strategies and implications for campus recreation aquatic managers around these emergent themes are discussed regarding the creating of inclusive environments for LGBTQ participants.

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