Grounded theory and warrants

Question 1

Grounded Theory (defined)

Answer 1

-are procedures to develop theory
-develop analytical propositions rather than verify
-“discover” theories in data
-Building from the ground up

Question 2

Assumptions challenged (Glazer and Strauss)

Answer 2

1) Division of theory and data
2) view of qualitative as precursor to quantitative data
3) belief that qualitative methods were unsystematic
4) separation of data collection and analysis
5) assumption that qualitative only produced description

Question 3

Ethnographic warrants

Answer 3

A) deviant or elite
-ethnographers promote a sense of social distance bohemian
-lives of those studied is more deviant than imagined
-“normalizing”
_we demonstrate they’re essentially like us

B) historically new phenomena

C) how ppl confront interactional challenges

D)acting in ways the build previously undetected personal/communal stories

E) Transform understanding about a pattern of action

F) Serving as a methodological exemplar