This is the graphical depiction of my first "grounded theory." I analyzed two interviews completed (by Dr. Katherine Sopka) with female physicists. You can find these and others here: http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/oralhistory.html
I developed an a posteriori/after the fact research question because that is somewhat the nature of assignments completed using 'found' data. I was interested in the process early 20th century women pursuing Ph.D. degrees i physics used to achieve academic credibility. It is a 'process' question because that is appropriate for grounded theory. I became most interested in the discrimination component although I identified three primary activities in the diagram above. I found GT overall sort of tedious. I tend to identify a lot more with the phenomenological approaches - I am interested in trying to understand individual experiences (and find commonalities among those) but not necessarily in taking it the further step of trying to formulate a theory. This may change as I continue to work in the same subject matter over time.
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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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