What is Grounded theory

Aims to generate a theory that is 'grounded in' or formed from the data and is based on inductive reasoning. This contrasts with other approaches that stop at the point of describing the participants' experiences. In terms of data analysis grounded theory refers to coding incidents from the data and identifying analytical categories as they emerge from the data, rather than defining them a priori.

An inductive method of exploring manifest and latent observations in qualitative data to identify patterns suggestive of theoretical development.

Is used in qualitative research to validate and arrive at theories derived from strong data.

Qualitative research approach aimed toward developing a theory about observed phenomena by using inductive interpretative analysis.

Although this kind of research approach is complex; one can briefly say that it means to develop your theory based on what you find in the existing data. The theory is therefore “grounded” in the data and this is called an inductive process.

An approach to data analysis which approaches data without preconceptions or a prior framework against which data is evaluated.

A method used to systematically derive theories of human behavior from empirical data.

It is a research approach used by researchers who seek to develop a model or theory on an investigated matter using the empirical field evidence and not to verify an existing theory.

Research method most often associated with the social sciences.

Systematic methodology based on the application of inductive reasoning mainly used, but not exclusively, in qualitative research in the field of Social Sciences. This methodology involves the development of hypotheses and theories through data collection and data analysis.

Although this kind of research approach is complex; one can briefly say that it means to develop your theory based on what you find in the existing data. The theory is therefore “grounded” in the data and this is called an inductive process.

A systematic and qualitative methodology of developing theories based on the systematically collected and analyzed data.?

A structured approach to forming and eliciting theory grounded in data.

A systematic, inductive qualitative research methodology particularly suited for theory generation and development. In interpretive Information Systems research it typically involves iterative interaction with the socio-technical environment under study. The methodology advocates a closely linked process of data collection and analysis. The latter operates through coding, memoing and constant comparison.

Discovers patterns that emerge out of the collection of data and constructs theory through the analysis of that data.

A systematic qualitative research methodology in which theory rises from data being analyzed in the process of conducting research. The resulting theory is said to have been grounded in the data collected in the research.

A qualitative research method that aims to develop theories and concepts from empirical data through constant comparison and theoretical sampling.

Although this kind of research approach is complex; one can briefly say that it means to develop your theory based on what you find in the existing data. The theory is therefore “grounded” in the data and this is called an inductive process.

Grounded theory is meticulous qualitative method of conducting research in which researchers assemble conceptual scaffolds or theories by way of constructing inductive theoretical examinations from data and successively verifying the notional analyses ( Charmaz, 2012 ).

A method of extracting meaning and theories from data by systematically and intensively analysing and coding the data, sentence-by-sentence, or phrase-by-phrase.

...A technique for analysing data that uses a bottom up approach allowing the researcher to build theory as the themes emerge.

A qualitative research methodology

A research method that allows theory to develop from the analysis of data.

A qualitative research method that builds theories from various forms of data (case studies, interviews, observations) through theoretical sampling and constant data comparison.

“The intent of a grounded theory study is to move beyond description and to generate or discover a theory, an abstract analytical schema of a process” ( Creswell, 2007 , pgs. 62-63).

A theory based analytical approach, which takes a set of data collected using ethnographic methods and provides a set of specific procedures for generating theory from this data.

A theory that is generated from patterns in, and relationships between, elements of the data collected, rather than based upon extant theories of action. The Grounded Theory method is based upon Glaser and Strauss (1967) and requires two key process elements, 1. Data are categorized (or coded) according to an emergent set of categories that define key elements of the situation. These are related together by means of code integration to derive families of codes, or code splitting to derive sub-categories. A substantive theory is generated when the researcher can define core categories in the data and important patterns of relationships between categories, that apply across data samples. These patterns are made explicit through the generation of theoretical memos as the analysis proceeds,2. A constant comparison method is employed to analyze which elements of the emerging theory apply across multiple data samples, at which point the emerging theory may change. Constant comparison ends when theoretical saturation is reached (see below).