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Compare and critically assess ‘the grounded theory’ with ‘theory-driven research method’ in sociology.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Research Methods and Analysis

The two sit at opposite ends of the logic of inquiry: in theory-driven research theory is the input, framed as hypotheses and put at risk against evidence; in grounded theory it is the output, built from the data. Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss launched the second in The Discovery of Grounded Theory (1967),…

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