Integrating concepts for the development of qualitatively-derived theory
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Published on: November 2, 2012
Janice M Morse1, Judith E Hupcey, Janice Penrod
1International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University Extension Center, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Abstract:
The development of qualitatively-derived theory (QDT) remains a challenge for researchers wishing to retain the complexity of reality. The techniques of concept integration provide a means to link concepts according to their shared attributes and logically according to their mutual interactions, reactions, and responses. While retaining all of the advantages of qualitative induction, integrating concepts in this manner places QDT theory at the upper end of mid-range theory, or disclosive theory, to produce a theory of higher abstraction and broader scope.
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