چکیده:
In recent decades, the emphasis on qualitative methodology has replaced the dominance and superiority of quantitative methodology. One of the most important strategies in qualitative research is grounded theory. In this article, after a brief review of the prominence of this strategy in the light of qualitative research, its emergence and evolution, as well as its meaning and definitions, are examined. In the next stage, the process of implementing grounded theory based on the most famous existing approach, the systematic approach of Strauss and Corbin, is presented. In this section, items such as the processual nature of this theory, theoretical sampling, memoing, data coding (including open coding, axial coding, and selective coding), and the creation and presentation of theory are explained, and finally, the validation of theory and the evaluation of grounded theory are discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In this section, items such as the procedural nature of this theory, conducting theoretical sampling, memoing, data coding (including open coding, axial coding, and selective coding), creating and presenting theory are explained, and finally, theory validation and the evaluation of grounded theory are discussed.
"Grounded theory is a systematic and qualitative procedure for producing a theory that describes a process, action, or interaction regarding a real micro-subject61, at a 'general conceptual level'" (Creswell, 2005, p.
In grounded theory research, a process is a chain of actions and interactions between individuals and events related to a subject (Strauss & Corbin, 1998; Creswell, 2005, p.
Data Coding Strauss and Corbin, in their 1998 work by formulating the procedures in the book "Basics of Grounded Theory" (1967), proposed three coding techniques: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding (Lee, 2001, p.
(Refer to the page image) In this stage, the grounded theorist selects one category from the open coding stage and places it at the center of the process being investigated (as the "central phenomenon") and then relates other categories to it.
The process of integrating and improving the theory in selective coding (Strauss Corbin, 1998) is through techniques such as writing a story line 74 that connects the categories, and the process of categorization through personal memos regarding theoretical ideas.
A grounded theory study that uses this approach may end with hypotheses 84 (which Strauss and Corbin, 1991, have called "propositions" 94) that clarify the relationships between categories in the axial coding pattern 05 (Creswell, 2005, p.
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