Basics of Qualitative Research

Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory Hardcover – September 22, 1998

Author: Anselm Strauss | Language: English | ISBN: 0803959397 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc; 2nd edition (September 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803959397
• ISBN-13: 978-0803959392
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,291,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This book's title shows that "qualitative research" is its primary subject, and "developing grounded theory" is its secondary subject. The opposite is true in the case of the book coauthored earlier by Strauss: "The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research." In the interval between the writing of the two books, Strauss may have realized that his thesis was about research work more than theory construction. But the text of this second book too presents research work as theory construction, as explained below. It could be thought that what is to be called a "theory" is a linguistic issue. But the definition of this term must not prevent the construction of real theories as distinct from empirical knowledge.

In lieu of the implicit definition of "theory" that appeared in the earlier book (p. 1), an explicit one is given in this second book: "A set of well developed concepts related through statements of relationship, which together constitute an integrated framework that can be used to explain or predict phenomena" (p. 15). The new and critical but obscure expressions in this definition are "well developed concepts" and "integrated framework," whereas the idea of explaining or predicting phenomena by using a theory appeared also in the earlier definition. As I mentioned in my review of the earlier book, explaining or predicting phenomena can be done by using empirical knowledge too and therefore cannot be considered a distinguishing characteristic of theories. For example, the empirical laws of electromagnetism known before Maxwell served to explain, predict, and control many electromagnetic phenomena but did not constitute a theory.

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