- First identify the area of interst
- Then collect data pertaining to area of interest
- Code collected data into various categories until core categories and/or main concerns emerge (open coding)
- Continue to collect data and code into the core categories, refine categories as needed (selective coding)
- Collect samples based on specific characteristics and continue to code data (theoretical sampling)
- Once the categories are saturated, begin to form the theory
- Read and integrate literature into theory
- Write up theory

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People should use Grounded Theory as a research method to develop a theory that offers an explanation about the main concern of their population and how that concern is resolved.

http://www.groundedtheoryonline.com/what-is-grounded-theory/

What is Grounded Theory? (Dr. Helen Scott and Dr. Antoinette McCallin)

Steps to use Grounded Theory

Pros:
- Can use quantitative and qualitative data of any type
- Gives the ability to seek out and conceptualize the latent social patterns and structures of various areas of interest through the process of constant comparison

Cons:
- Have to conduct significant amount of analysis before knowing what is going to be studied
- Very time consuming

Pros and Cons to Grounded Theory

- Glaser (Classic)
- Strauss and Corbin
- Charmaz

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