Phenomenology 101
What is Grounded Theory?
Phenomenology or
Grounded Theory
Research Methods
Key Terms
100

He is considered the founder of phenomenology?

Who is Edmund Husserl

100

They developed the grounded theory method

Who are Glaser and Strauss

100

Phenomenology seeks to describe _____, while grounded theory aims to develop a theory.

lived experience

100

This ensures no new data is needed in grounded theory

What is Saturation

100

The direct description of experience without interpretation

What is phenomenological reduction

200

Phenomenology is the study of how individuals make sense of their own _______

What are experiences

200

Grounded Theory develops theories based on systematically collected ______ data

What is Qualitative 

200

This method primarily uses interviews and first-person accounts to explore human experiences

What is Phenomenology

200

The process that involves breaking data into concepts

What is Coding

200

The categories or themes that emerge during the research process.

What are concepts

300

"Phenomenology, if practiced well, enthralls us with insights into the ______ of life as we experience it." 

- Max van Manen

What is meaning

300

The type of sampling that is used in grounded theory

What is Theoretical Sampling

300

The type of research that often involves coding data into themes before constructing a theoretical framework

What is Grounded theory

300

In Phenomenology, researchers focus on the participants' _____ to understand their lived experiences.

What are perspectives

300

The systematic and repeated comparisons of data to generate theories.

What is the constant comparative method

400

This phenomenologist emphasized "to let that which shows itself be seen from itself in the very way in which it shows itself from itself"

Who is Martin Heidegger

400

In grounded theory, the term that describes the process of continuing data collection until no new concepts emerge

What is theoretical saturation

400

The approach that relies on bracketing to reduce biases

What is Phenomenology

400

In Phenomenology, _____ is the process that aims to explore a person's lived experience and gain an understanding of its deeper meaning.

What is interpretive analysis

400

A central theme that links and explains the categories in Grounded Theory.

What is the core category

500

The idea that consciousness is always directed toward something; there is no thought without an object  

What is intentionality

500

Grounded Theory researchers aim to develop ____, which explains patterns or processes observed in the data.

what is theory

500

The method that uses open, axial, and selective coding

What is Grounded theory

500

In grounded theory, this type of coding is used to refine and focus on important categories.

What is axial

500

The philosophical concept central to phenomenology, meaning "bracketing" or suspending judgment?

What is Epoché