CMST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Grounded Theory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 2A03
• Professor: Terry Flynn

Document Summary

A theory is an explanation of observed regularities or patterns. To assess the adequacy of a particular theory. Limited in scope and can be tested directly. One way to conduct social scientific inquiry is through deduction. It asks how does the social space work . The researcher goes aback and forth from the data to the theory or. Problem: sometimes leads to only to empirical generalization. Deriving theories or explanations from qualitative data is sometimes. The data has primacy over theory because the theme merges from. Social scientists should use same methods of inquiry in its ability to. Researches should use inductive methods to try and grasp the. Objectivist: social phenomena have a reality independent of our (cid:1) produce social knowledge (cid:1) subjective meanings of peoples actions (cid:1) (cid:1) perception (cid:1) interactions (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Bias in research toward formal properties social group or. Constructionist: was passes for reality is merely a set of constructions.