No Preconception: The Dictum

I would like to begin and introduce this book on “no preconceptions” when doing grounded theory (GT) with a short trip of 45 years into the past by quoting the reasoning source of the no preconceptions dictum as first laid out in 1967 in the Discovery of Grounded Theory, by Barney Glaser and Anselm...

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Main Author: Barney Glaser, PhD, Hon. PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociology Press 2012-12-01
Series:Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal
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Online Access:http://groundedtheoryreview.com/2012/11/28/no-preconception-the-dictum/
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Summary:I would like to begin and introduce this book on “no preconceptions” when doing grounded theory (GT) with a short trip of 45 years into the past by quoting the reasoning source of the no preconceptions dictum as first laid out in 1967 in the Discovery of Grounded Theory, by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss. The sources where (1) the zeal for verification of conjectured hypotheses research and (2) to explain the findings with theoretical capitalists demanding and commanding conjecture seldom if ever tapping the reality of what was really going on. Grounding induced theory in research data was what was needed.
ISSN:1556-1542
1556-1550