2007
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307307031
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Choose Your Method: A Comparison of Phenomenology, Discourse Analysis, and Grounded Theory

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to compare three qualitative approaches that can be used in health research: phenomenology, discourse analysis, and grounded theory. The authors include a model that summarizes similarities and differences among the approaches, with attention to their historical development, goals, methods, audience, and products. They then illustrate how these approaches differ by applying them to the same data set. The goal in phenomenology is to study how people make meaning of their lived exp… Show more

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“…22 The interview, transcription and coding process occurred concurrently so that emerging concepts or questions informed subsequent interviews to improve focus, clarity and granularity on specific issues. 24,25 This analysis method, known as constant comparison, 26 allows a conceptual framework to be developed, and subsequently refined and verified, to ensure the final categories form a comprehensive model of the data.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…22 The interview, transcription and coding process occurred concurrently so that emerging concepts or questions informed subsequent interviews to improve focus, clarity and granularity on specific issues. 24,25 This analysis method, known as constant comparison, 26 allows a conceptual framework to be developed, and subsequently refined and verified, to ensure the final categories form a comprehensive model of the data.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A este método le interesa responder cómo las personas dan sentido a su experiencia vivida en un contexto o frente a un fenómeno en particular [11]. La finalidad es describir el significado de esa experiencia vivida frente a los fenómenos de interés, hacer visibles los rasgos de esa experiencia, se interesa en las características comunes de la experiencia vivida a partir de la comprensión y cómo el significado es creado a través de contenidos de percepción [12,13].…”
Section: Sobre El Método Fenomenológicounclassified
“…Las técnicas más utilizadas en fenomenología son: a) Observación y observación participante; b) conversaciones informales y c) entrevistas a profundidad [11]. a) El proceso de observación.…”
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“…From a constructivist standpoint, I consider myself both an instrument of inquiry and an interpretive link between the object of the research and the reader (Starks & Brown Trinidad 2007).…”
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confidence: 99%