Using QSR-NVivo to facilitate the development of a grounded theory project: an account of a worked example

HUTCHISON, A. J., JOHNSTON, L. H. and BRECKON, J. D. (2010). Using QSR-NVivo to facilitate the development of a grounded theory project: an account of a worked example. International journal of social research methodology, 13 (4), 283-302.

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates how the software package QSR-NVivo can be used to faciitate a grounded theory approach. Recent research evidence has questioned the methodological quality of many studies that claim to utilise grounded theory. This paper argues that qualitative data analysis software can be used to encourage good quality grounded theory research by facilitating many of the key processes and characteristics associated with this approach. To achieve this, the paper identifies a number of grounded theory characteristics, common to all revisions of the methodology. It then describes the development of a recent study, which examined how people successfully maintain long-term physical activity behaviour change. The purpose of this is to demonstrate how different functions of QSR-NVivo may be used in conjunction with the key grounded theory characteristics. In summary, QSR-NVivo is a powerful tool that, if used appropriately, can facilitate many aspects of the grounded theory process from the design and early sampling procedures, through to the analysis of data, theoretical development and presentation of findings.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group:	Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Identification Number:	10.1080/13645570902996301
Depositing User:	Rachel Davison
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2010 14:22
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2010 14:22
URI:	http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2565

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