Grounded theory: reflections on the emergence vs. forcing debate

Duchscher, Judy E. Boychuk; Morgan, Debra

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03249.x

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“…Of the three main versions of GT, the difference between classic and Straussian GT has been discussed most extensively [10,42,51]. Classic GT can be characterized as having a strong focus on emergence (of research questions, of codes, of theory), whereas Straussian GT meticulously suggests a set of 'mini-steps.'…”

Section: Versions Of Grounded Theorymentioning

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Grounded theory in software engineering research

Stol

Ralph

Fitzgerald

2016

Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering

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Grounded Theory (GT) has proved an extremely useful research approach in several fields including medical sociology, nursing, education and management theory. However, GT is a complex method based on an inductive paradigm that is fundamentally different from the traditional hypothetico-deductive research model. As there are at least three variants of GT, some ostensibly GT research suffers from method slurring, where researchers adopt an arbitrary subset of GT practices that are not recognizable as GT. In this paper, we describe the variants of GT and identify the core set of GT practices. We then analyze the use of grounded theory in software engineering. We carefully and systematically selected 98 articles that mention GT, of which 52 explicitly claim to use GT, with the other 46 using GT techniques only. Only 16 articles provide detailed accounts of their research procedures. We offer guidelines to improve the quality of both conducting and reporting GT studies. The latter is an important extension since current GT guidelines in software engineering do not cover the reporting process, despite good reporting being necessary for evaluating a study and informing subsequent research.

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Section: Versions Of Grounded Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Grounded theory in software engineering research

Stol

Ralph

Fitzgerald

2016

Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering

399

283

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“…This supports the guidelines for determining fatally flawed papers suggested by Dixon-Woods and colleagues. 29 The tension between inductive and deductive approaches is not new 437 and it may be more useful to interpret these approaches as two poles on a continuum. For the purposes of meta-ethnography, we agreed that studies should gravitate towards the inductive pole and that studies reporting deductive methods (e.g.…”

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A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain

Toye

Seers

Allcock

et al. 2013

Health Services and Delivery Research

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Health Services and Delivery ResearchISSN 2050-4349 (Print) ISSN 2050-4357 (Online) This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full HS&DR archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Health Services and Delivery Research journalReports are published in Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HS&DR programme or programmes which preceded the HS&DR programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors. HS&DR programmeThe Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was established to fund a broad range of research. It combines the strengths and contributions of two previous NIHR research programmes: the Health Services Research (HSR) programme and the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) programme, which were merged in January 2012.The HS&DR programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health services including costs and outcomes, as well as research on implementation. The programme will enhance the strategic focus on research that matters to the NHS and is keen to support ambitious evaluative research to improve health services.For more information about the HS&DR programme please visit the website: www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/ This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HS&DR programme or one of its proceeding programmes as project number 09/2001/09. The contractual start date was in October 2010. The final report began editorial review in November 2012 and was accepted for publication in February 2013. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The HS&DR editors and production house have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the final report document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. Published b...

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“…Grounded theory as argued by Knigge et al [9] is used to build the theories on the basis of data taken from the social world in such a manner that these theories are grounded in ones daily experiences and actions. These theories also have some philosophical disagreements for its application in practice as discussed by Boychuk Duchscher et al [10]. However as this research is related with the methods of data analysis used by the theorists therefore this dispute is not relevant concerns.…”

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Review of Support to Situational Requirement Engineering From Standards and Models

Khan

Mahrin

2014

IJDIWC

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Requirement engineering (RE) process clear description can be an important factor for guiding the team members involved in the RE process, which may help organizations not exceeding the estimated schedule and budget for the software project. There can be many reasons of not having efficient RE process such as changing situations among the organizations involved in the RE process. It is certainly one of the various other reasons of having non-efficient RE process. Due to these changing situations the RE process customization accordingly should be performed. As part of our current research project, where we are investigating situational RE in Global Software Development (GSD), first we need to identify the factors which may results in changing situations. This paper we have critically reviewed the domain of "standards and models", and identified the initial list of situational factors from them. These standards and models are related to software engineering, which directly or indirectly discusses RE process. We have adopted the constant comparison and memoing techniques of the Grounded theory for identification of unique initial list of the situational factors. This initial list is a significant consideration for a comprehensive list of situational factors affecting RE process in GSD.

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Grounded theory: reflections on the emergence vs. forcing debate

Cited by 137 publications

References 14 publications

Grounded theory in software engineering research

Grounded theory in software engineering research

A meta-ethnography of patients’ experience of chronic non-malignant musculoskeletal pain

Review of Support to Situational Requirement Engineering From Standards and Models

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