I am planing to study local level planning process in Nepal.
Hi Mrigendra! In principle it could be applied. Generally, when one indicates that based on Grounded Theory is because it applies: Theoretical Sampling and the constant comparison method. Also, as the name implies, this method aims to create theory from data, collected by qualitative instruments. Given the subject you're interested in studying in principle this type of qualitative methodology would apply. I recommend reading the book: Grounded Theory. A practical guide. From Birks and Mills (2011). Best!
Thank you Pablo for your answer and reference book. Really i appreciate your help
GT originally applied to health science is now widely used in many social science fields. As a general methodology it can actually be used in any social realm, employing any kind of data (qualitative and quantitative). Perhaps, the most important thing is the researcher actitud toward the particularities of the GT outcomes and processes. GT aims to discover middle level theories about social phenomena. Its processes entail different timing with different outcomes throughout its implementation, so researches should be aware of this fact and able to tackle the uncerteinty of the unknown that is common previous to the discovering.
One of the key elements of GT is to do your analysis along with your data collection. As soon as you do your first interviews or observations, you would begin coding that data and memoing about it. Then, based on this ongoing analysis, you would make new decisions about your data collection. For example, if you were doing interviews, you would make choices about the people you want to talk to, as well as about the questions you want to ask them (which might be different from the ones you asked in your last interview).
This is very different from approaches where you collect all your data before you begin analysis. You can find a good description of this process in: Charmaz (2014) Constructing Grounded Theory (2nd edition).
Dear Prof David, Gustavo, and Pablo,
Many thanks for your very constructive comments and guidelines. I have been following David's publications which are really valuable. Focus Groups and Social Interaction and Emergent Approaches to Focus Group Research are quite relevant and useful. I employed mixed methods in my PhD; developed categories (Ground Level Response to Middle Level Concept and MLC to High Level Themes) from GT (Corbin and Strauss, 2008) and since the nature of data were categorical i employed "R" software to describe relation and causation (Mosaic Plot and Correspondence Analysis) of these categories across periodizations, types and spaces surveying 800 Nepali activists.
Now, i am attempting to carry out a program, I called it RRR (Review, Research and Recommendation) following Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Governance requirement. The outcome of the research would be very important for us, thus, sharing this idea within academicians, practitioners, policy makers. Therefore, i would love to hear from all of you. Thank you very much.
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