I am planning to conduct a research on victims of IPV using a grounded theory method. I will also be mapping the stakeholders using in getting justice in IPV using grounded theory method. That is , i'll map the stakeholders with the help of victim survivors of IPV and interview them as well. But if i proceeded with theoretical sampling with stakeholders, the research project will get elongated beyond my reach. SO is it possible to mix theoretical sampling with victims of IPV and then proceed with other methods with the stakeholders?
The goal in theoretical sampling is to assess the effectiveness of the theory you are developing from your analysis. You can think of it as selecting new participants who are most likely to help you develop or assess your ongoing theory creation. One common form can be stated as a hypothesis: "If my analysis so far makes sense, then when I collect data from the following theoretically relevant participants, I should expect to hear things like..."
This means that you should choose among the stakeholders you identify according to the theoretical directions that you are developing through your analysis of what you heard from your original participants. So, there is no need to collect data from every stakeholder category you identify.
Arshi Showkat Sorry, but for me it is not clear from your question what are actually want to do within research and want to get out of it. Can you, please, explain what does it mean for you " theoretical sampling with victims of IPV'?
Arshi - A researcher using theoretical sampling must be theoretically sensitive so that a theory can be conceptualized and formulated as it emerges from the data being collected. Theoretical sampling involves selecting participants based on specific characteristics. After the researcher identifies the research topic and question, he/she identifies a small handful of people to interview based on a set of criteria (much like in purposeful sampling). Then, they interview those people. Following these initial interviews, the researcher will analyze these data. Based on the results from this round of data analysis, the researcher will identify more people to interview. These might be people who will confirm what the researcher has already found, but the researcher will also purposefully look for participants who can dis-confirm the previous findings. The researcher will conduct interviews with those newly selected participants and then analyze them. Theoretical sampling continues like this, moving back and forth between sampling, data collection, and analysis, until the researcher reaches data saturation, or the point at which the researcher fails to collect new information with subsequent interviews.
After reading the answer from Dr. Manzoor Hussain I have Nothing more to write, thanks Dr Hussain@@
Is there are direct question to this research/research proposal? As previously i did a research proposal, discussing the link between IPV and animal abuse. I cannot remember my research Q, but can look it up, if that helps? It would help if you could give me the research Q, characteristics of participants? I assume you stop sampling when you reach your hypotheses, sample enough data from participants to substantiate your theory. How many participants, as you cant keep sampling
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