Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Analytic Induction, Narrative Inquiry, Grounded Theory
17 Feb 2020
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Done through developing new concepts or abstract theories rather than testing theories (quantitative analysis: conceptualizing and theory building (after data collection, grounded in data (comparing with quantitative r) Ideas supported by qualitative evidence: support concepts/theories with empirical data. Building methods: coding, memo writing, analytic induction, theory/concept building. Idea that explains some sort of social reality: help us to explain the social world (possible patterns, essence capturing terms, representational, compare ideals forms suggested by theory to empirical observations. A systematic set of procedures used to explore the social processes guiding human interaction and inductively develop a theory on the basis of those observations. An inductive approach attempting to derive theories from the analysis of patterns, themes, and common categories discovered in observational data. Explores processes of social interaction where behaviours take place. Uncovers key concepts through coding, theme building. Develop a broad theory to describe some portion of reality regarding the phenomenon of interest.
