grounded theory

Question 1

what is grounded theory used for?

Answer 1

developing a theory from research evidence

Question 2

what kind of data does it focus on?

Answer 2

qualitative

Question 3

what kind of method is it called?

Answer 3

an inductive method

Question 4

what is meant by an inductive method?

Answer 4

where data is collected first and theory is made after

Question 5

what must the researcher first identify?

Answer 5

a particular behaviour that they wish to gather data on

Question 6

how many stages are in grounded theory?

Answer 6

four

Question 7

what are the stages in grounded theory?

Answer 7

coding
concepts
similarities and differences
forming a model of explaination

Question 8

what is involved in the first stage?

Answer 8

coding is done, this involves taking text in small pieces and putting it under a header that suits it

Question 9

what is involves in the second stage?

Answer 9

codes and collected into concepts which groups dead together
idea is to see how coded data may fit together

Question 10

why is the second stage not static?

Answer 10

as analysis goes on concepts may change

active process

Question 11

what is involved in the third stage?

Answer 11

takes concepts and groups them into similarities and differences this is where the theory starts to develop
researcher takes notes alongside analysis to see what their thought process was

Question 12

what is memoing what where does it occur?

Answer 12

where researcher takes notes of thought processes

third stage

Question 13

where does the theory start to develop?

Answer 13

in the third stage

Question 14

what is involved on the fourth stage?

Answer 14

this is where a model is formed that can explain the data

looking over the categories and revising the theory

Question 15

why should the theory that is built have validity? S

Answer 15

evidence is integrated into the theory as it is based on research data
so theory should have a degree of validity

Question 16

although evidence is integrated how is this a weakness?

Answer 16

if the data was problematic in some way such as researcher bias the the theory would also suffer, may be based on subjective opinion

Question 17

why are there issues with reliability/

Answer 17

as if another researcher was to do the same thing they may come to different conclusions as may code the data differently coming to very different conclusion

Question 18

what is a weakness of data and a strength?

Answer 18

it allows the strength and detail of qualitative data to survive analysis

not very scientific as no quantitative data usually

Question 19

what is meant by forcing a theory?

Answer 19

it could be said that researchers try ti force a theory from occurring

Question 20

why is grounded theory difficult?

Answer 20

it can take a very long time and it can be unclear of what researcher is actually looking for

important to take on a viewpoint of all information

Question 21

who is GT used in clinical psychology?

Answer 21

it is udesful when assessing peoples though, beliefs and feelings as it may not be possible to come up with a theory of how schizophrenia affects people without gathering data