Reinventing grounded theory: some questions about theory, ground and discovery

Reinventing Grounded Theory: Some Questions about Theory, Ground and Discovery

Grounded theory‖s popularity persists after three decades of broad-ranging critique. We discuss here three problematic notions – “theory,” “ground” and “discovery” – which linger in the continuing use and development of grounded theory procedures. We argue that far from providing the epistemic security promised by grounded theory, these notions – embodied in continuing reinventions of grounded ...

Some thoughts about the literature review in grounded theory studies

In a conventional quantitative study, the aim of the literature review mainly is to refine the research question, determine gaps in earlier research and identify a suitable design, and data collection method for a planned study. In qualitative research the literature search*when and how*is of a more ambiguous character. Grounded theory (GT), one qualitative method among many others, is describe...

Some Questions of Language Theory

It is shown that theassumption that language is non-finite involves the use of a constructive logic which lea#s to some restrictions on language theory an~ to the fact that the only possible definition of language is that propose~ by ~enerative grammars. Generative grammars can be formulate~ a~ normal /~ar~ov/ algorithms an~ thu~ their study can be reduce~ to the stu#7 of such algorithms of a s...

Questions Arising about Emergence, Data Collection, and Its Interaction with Analysis in a Grounded Theory Study

There has been a strong call for increased clarity and transparency of method in qualitative research. Although qualitative data analysis has been detailed, data management has not been made as transparent in the literature. How do data collection and analysis interact in practical terms? What constitutes sufficient data? And can research be both planful and emergent? In this paper, the author ...

Ontological Questions about Operational Set Theory