Educational Research Methods
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‘All is data’
A notion from grounded theory research is that everything should be treated as potential data in a research study.
“GT works with any data—"all is data"—not just one specific data” (Glaser & Holton, 2004: ¶3.3)
Glaser, Barney G. & Holton, Judith (2004) Remodeling Grounded Theory, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 5(2), Article 4).
One interpretation is that literature should be treated no different than empirical data collected in the study.
“The hard thought necessary to generate good ideas requires that the analyst treat ‘all as data’ at some level. Whether his material is research data, other ideas on it or the literature, it is to be compared to the ongoing data and memos for the purpose of generating the best fitting and working idea.” (Glaser, 1978, p.8).
Glaser, Barney G. (1978) Theoretical Sensitivity: Advances in the Methodology of Grounded Theory, California: The Sociology Press, 1978.
This is a personal site of Keith S. Taber to support teaching of educational research methods.
(Dr Keith Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.)
2015 - 2016
