Over and over again recently, I have continued to identify during review of papers, during conversations with researchers, and in other contexts examples of authors/researchers remarkably enduring preconceptions - or initial impressions from their data - and the difficulty some have in reverting to an open minded state, or to considering alternative views, even when ongoing analysis of data does not support the initial impressions.
I bring up grounded theory in the title because of the recommendation, that has been discussed, debated and reinterpreted through the years, that researchers not conduct a (thorough) review of literature prior to data collection so that they might bring a genuine open mind to facilitate building, rather than testing theory.
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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