Monday, October 6, 2008

The core category?

Core Category Criteria [GLASER78, pp. 94-95)

must be central
reoccur frequently
takes more time to saturate
connections with other categories comes quick and richly
clear and grabbing implication for formal theory
considerable carry through, does not lead to dead ends
completely variable
is also a dimension of the problem
tend to prevent two other sources (social interest and logical deductive) of establishing a core which are not grounded
to see if #9 is a false criteria
can be any kind of theoretical code: a process, a condition, dimensions, a consequence.

At this stage i am thinking "the individual" may be the core category...or maybe it is the transition

So the Categories/Subcategories...

Support
-Informal
-formal
-active
-transition (or is this separate??)

Clinical reasoning
-decision making
-safety

Skills and Knowledge
-prioritisation
-managing referrals
-standardised assessments
-communication

Rotation
-purpose???
-grounding
-preparation
-consolidation

Individual

Safety

Occ Focused OT


HMMMMMMMMMMMMM I guess this core will come - just have to keep working

CALLED VALIDATION OF THE DATA - BUT FILLING IN THE CATEGORIES NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST :)

1 comment:

Occupational Therapy Otago said...

Hi Jess Remember that your literature review will cover the key areas but if your analysis finds something unexpected we can link into the literature on that topic for the first time in your discussion chapter. Grounded theory is also clear that it is ok to be reading the literature side by side with your analysis unlike some research that likes you to have done the literature reviews before you start data analysis.