Month: July 2025
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Glaser, Where to Begin? Issue vs. Problem
Where to begin a grounded theory study can be confusing, especially when one is advised to avoid bringing in ideas from a existing theory and literature. We are told that even the research problem itself should emerge. We are allowed an “area” of research, but we should go in without a preconceived problem: In vital…
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Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning and Levels of Abstraction
Describing the methodology of grounded theory, Glaser and Strauss (1967) imply a helpful distinction between inductive and deductive reasoning: This is an inductive method of theory development. To make theoretical sense of so much diversity in his data, the analyst is forced to develop ideas on a level of generality higher in conceptual abstraction than…