Anselm Leonard Strauss war ein amerikanischer Soziologe, dessen Werk sich durch eine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit Themen wie chronischen Krankheiten und dem Sterben auszeichnete. Gemeinsam mit Barney Glaser entwickelte er die „Grounded Theory“, eine innovative qualitative Analysemethode, die in der Soziologie und verwandten Disziplinen weite Verbreitung fand. Seine Forschungen befassten sich auch mit der Arbeitssoziologie, sozialen Welten und symbolischer Interaktion und hinterließen ein bedeutendes Erbe in der soziologischen Theorie und Methodologie.
The Second Edition of this best-selling textbook continues to offer immensely practical advice and technical expertise that will aid researchers in analyzing and interpreting their collected data, and ultimately build theory from it. The authors provide a step-by-step guide to the research act. Full of definitions and illustrative examples, the book presents criteria for evaluating a study as well as responses to common questions posed by students of qualitative research.
Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory
Offering immensely practical advice, Basics of Qualitative Research, Fourth Edition presents methods that enable researchers to analyze, interpret, and make sense of their data, and ultimately build theory from it. Authors Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss (late of the University of San Francisco and co-creator of grounded theory) walk readers step-by-step through the research process—from the formation of the research question through several approaches to coding, analysis, and reporting. Packed with definitions and illustrative examples, this highly accessible book concludes with chapters that present criteria for evaluating a study, as well as responses to common questions posed by students of qualitative research. New end-of-chapter “Insider Insights” contributed by qualitative researchers give readers a sense of what it’s like to work in the field. Significantly revised, this Fourth Edition remains a landmark volume in the study of qualitative methods.