Grounded Theory: An Alternative Approach to Research in Higher Education

Critical Social Skills for Adolescents with High Incidence Disabilities: Parental Perspectives

“…The reflexive log included the interviewer's feelings, concerns, and ideas related to the study. This log allowed us to identify her personal perspectives and to track her thinking as she tested ideas (Conrad, 1993). Eventually, the data collected from the interviews seem to become more integrated and redundant.…”

The intersection of race and gender in school leadership for three Black female principals

“…To answer the research question, I employed the constant comparative method. Conrad (1982) suggested that the constant comparative method includes: "data collection, coding, and analysis with theoretical sampling in order to generate theory that is integrated, close to the data, and expressed in a form clear enough for further testing" (256).…”

Instructional Leadership at the Crossroads: Unintended Outcomes of Current Reading Policies

“…The second phase followed guidelines for multicase study research (Conrad, 2001;Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Data sources primarily consisted of semistructured interviews in which participants were asked to elaborate on their commitment to use of effective holistic literacy components in 1995 and the present.…”

“…In so doing, a full scan of the data (LeCompte & Preissle, 1993) was used for a deeper formulation and identification of the categories that emerged during early interviews and document analysis. Further, the database was examined for negative or contradictory examples of each theme identified during the previous analyses (Conrad, 2001;Erickson, 1986). As each phase of data collection was retraced, major categories and patterns became more apparent and formed the basis for sorting and coding regularities in the data into taxonomies (Spradley, 1979).…”