DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: A ...

Pragmatism
and
Pluralism
properties and dimensions vary under
a different set of conditions.” p.50
“Whether we want to admit it or not,
we cannot completely divorce
ourselves from who we are or from
what we know. The theories that we
carry within our heads inform our
research in multiple ways, even if we
use them quite un-self-consciously.”
(1998, p.47)
“As professionals, most of us are
familiar with the literature in the
field. Literature can be used as an
analytic tool if we are careful to think
about it in theoretical terms. Used in
this way, the literature can provide a
rich source of events to stimulate
thinking about properties and for
asking conceptual questions.” (1998,
p.47)
“We know that readers will treat the
material in this book as items on a
smorgasbord table from which they
can choose, reject, and ignore
according to their own “tastes” - and
rightly so.” p.9
interests are embodied in the field. Not to
“lead” with your conceptual strength can
be simply self-defeating.” (1994, p.17)
“We believe that better research happens
when you make your framework – and
associated choices of research questions,
cases, sampling and instrumentation –
explicit, rather than claiming inductive
“purity.” (1994, p.23)
“Its right to say that qualitative data
analysis is a craft – one that carries its
own disciplines. There are many ways of
getting analyses “right” – precise,
trustworthy, compelling, credible – and
they cannot be wholly predicted in
advance.” (1994, p.309)
“Rather, we have tried to bring together a
serviceable set of resources, to encourage
their use, and, above all, to stimulate their
further development, testing and
refinement.” (1994, p.3)
Table XV: Methodological Similarities
Controlled
selectivity
from the
start
Grounded Theory – Strauss and
Corbin (1998)
“Another important aspect of the
research question is setting the
boundaries on what will be studied.
It is impossible for any investigator to
cover all aspects of a problem. The
research question helps narrow the
problem down to a workable size.”
p.40
Interactive Model – Miles and
Huberman (1994)
“That’s why we think conceptual
frameworks and research questions are
the best defence against overload. They
also reflect a point we made earlier: that
data collection is inescapably a selective
process, that you cannot and do not “get it
all” even though you might think you can
and are.” p.56
Focus on
both Process
and
Structure
“Why would one want to relate
structure with process? Because
structure or conditions set the stage,
that is, create the circumstances in
which problems, issues, happenings,
or events pertaining to a phenomenon
are situated or arise. Process, on the
“In the “process” mode, we’ll be likely to
assemble chronologies, pay attention to
time, and look for connections within the
big picture. In the “variable” mode, we’ll
be able to code small chunks of data,
retrieve them, and look for similarities
and conceptual patterns, with less regard
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