WEEK 5 - GROUNDED THEORY

Question 1

grounded theory

Answer 1

• uncovering social processess
• inductive approach incolving a set of procedures to arrive at a theory about social processess
• to construct theory when no theory exists or when theory fails to explain a set of circumstances
• to discover underlying social forces that shape human behavior

Question 2

sample size for grounded theory

Answer 2

30 to 50 cases

Question 3

purposive sampling

Answer 3

• select participants with experience and knowledge related to study domain
• select events and incidents that are relatedd to the social process of interest

Question 4

think of throwing a snowball, it involves throwing on other people

snowbal sampling

Answer 4

participants recommended by other participants in the study

Question 5

theoretical sampling

Answer 5

• select experiences that help researches test ideas and refine emerging finding
• used to clarify emerging concepts

Question 6

does data gathering and data analysis occur together

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

Data analysis

Answer 7

1. open coding - data is reviewed line by line, categorized into discrete parts, compare for similarities and differences (think about a pinterest page and how you analyze it and look at the different posts)
2. axial and selective coding - codes of data are clustered to form categories, they are either expanded or collapsed into one another (after looking at posts you liked you make a pin board of things under 1 category and so on)
3. Constant comparative methods - data are compared with other data continuously (after a while, you visit other pin boards and compare them with each other)

Question 8

How is data collected?

Answer 8

interviews - semi structured, audio recorded
Observations - field notes and memos

Question 9

Which of the following statements about grounded theory research is
true?
A. It is a method used to quantify theoretical constructs to support theory
development
B. It is used to support further research in areas where concrete data is
already known
C. It is used to generate a theory from data collected from research
participants
D. It is a study design that uses a theoretical basis to develop the
research question

Answer 9

c

Question 10

researcher plans to conduct a study to understand the process of coping
during COVID-19 pandemic from the perspectives of clinical nurses, using the
constant comparison method. What qualitative research design did these
researchers use?
A. Case study
B. Grounded theory
C. Participatory action research
D. Ethnography

Answer 10

B

Question 11

Researchers conducted a study to better understand the process by which
adolescents who have had leukemia transition back to school life after
hospitalization. The authors collected data from 20 adolescents over a 2-month
period. Periodically, after analyzing the data, they would conduct another round
of interviews. Which qualitative design did these researchers use?
A. Grounded theory
B. Phenomenology
C. Participatory action research
D. Ethnography

Answer 11

A

Question 12

In grounded theory, identification of the ______is the ultimate goal
A. Complex category
B. Open category
C. Core category
D. Subtle category

Answer 12

C