Yield line Theory and Grounded Theory

چکیده مقاله

Most  writing  on  sociological method  has  been  concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested. In this book we address our- selves to the  equally  important  enterprise  of how the discovery of theory  from data-systematically   obtained and analyzed in social research-can be  furthered. vVe believe that the discovery of   theory from  datawhich   we  call  grounded theory-is   a major task confronting sociology today, for, as we shall try to show, such a theory fits empirical situations, and is under- standable  to  sociologists and layman alike. Most important, it works-provides  us with  relevant  predictions,  explanations, interpretations and applications. As sociologists engaged in research soon discover, there are as yet  few  theories  of this  nature.  And so  we offer this  book, which we conceive as a beginning venture in the  development of improved  methods for discovering grounded  theory. Because this is only a beginning, we shall often state positions, counter- positions  and  examples,  rather  than  offering  clear-cut  proce- dures  and  definitions, because  at  many  points  we  believe our slight knowledge makes any formulation premature. A major strategy  that  we shall emphasize for furthering  the  discovery of grounded   theory  is a general method  of comparative analysis. Previous  books on  methods  of social  research  have focused mainly on how to  verify theories. This suggests an overempha sis  in  current   sociology  on  the  verification  of  theory,  and  a  resultant de-emphasis on the prior step of discovering what concepts  and  hypotheses  are  relevant  for  the  area  that  one wishes  to  research.  Testing  theory  is,  of  course,  also  a  basic task confronting sociology.

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