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According to Ralph De LaRossa's article "Grounded theory methods and qualitative family research," the use of grounded theory in the social science of family research is particularly valuable. Unlike other forms of qualitative research that merely describe a particular phenomenon or chronicle a 'case study' of a relatively obscure group of people, grounded theory does purport to create some useful and generalizable theory. Qualitative research is distinct from quantitative research, given that the latter tests a hypothesis and is based upon deductive principles. Qualitative research is inductive -- it collects data and formulates a theory from the accumulated information. After assessing verbal data, when using a grounded theory approach, the researcher then codes the data to come to a conclusion based upon the information.
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To some extent, grounded theory forms a bridge between the principles of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, because through coding, responses can be analyzed in a somewhat objective format. Rather than purely inductive, grounded theory has been called a blend of "induction, deduction, and verification" (LaRosa 2005: 853). However, it does not strictly deploy the scientific method and the information which it accumulates is based upon interview responses. There is considerable leeway in terms of how coding is conducted, although there are certain generally-agreed upon principles. The tests of statistical rigor are not comparable to quantitative analyses. Open, axial, and selective coding can all be deployed at the discretion of the researcher.
The coding process has caused some qualitative theorists to criticize grounded theory as insufficiently taking advantage of the positive aspects of qualitative methodologies. "Data are never pure; they…
Reference
LaRossa, R. (2005). Grounded theory methods and qualitative family research. Journal of Marriage and Family,837-857.
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In the article "Employee alignment with strategic change: A study of strategy-supportive behavior among blue-collar employees," the article was quantitative because the article placed the theory as the framework for the entire study (Creswell, 2009). The article has a deductive base with an objective to test or verify a theory by questioning the theory and hypotheses, defining the theory through a construct, and reflecting the results as positive or negative through scoring derived from the construct. In the study, the researchers introduced the theory at the beginning of the study and the theory and hypotheses was clearly stated and gave identification on the type of study the
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