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Grounded theory as a qualitative research methodology
Author(s) -
Byrne Michelle
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61841-3
Subject(s) - grounded theory , qualitative research , scholarship , epistemology , management science , sociology , engineering ethics , social science , political science , philosophy , engineering , law
Grounded theory as a qualitative research approach provides nurses with strategies to build theories in areas previously unexplored or under explored. Although similar to other inductive processes, this methodology differs in that it emerges from the discipline of sociology. In addition, strategies for data analysis differ according to each methodologist. As with other qualitative methods, the researcher must link philosophy, methodology, and research method for rigorous and credible scholarship.