If the problem statement from a proposed research study indicates the need to generate a theory relating to social processes

Question

(e.g ., how persons within a social group interact with one another), the study design will most likely be which of the following?
A) Quantitative study
B) Ethnography
C) Grounded theory
D) Phenomenology

Answer 1

C
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Grounded theory seeks to describe and understand key social psychological processes that occur in a social setting. Buzz words associated with this tradition include the following: processes, social structures, and social interactions. Ethnography provides a framework for studying the meanings, patterns, and lifeways of a culture in a holistic fashion. Buzz words associated with this tradition include the following: culture, roles, lifeways, and cultural behavior. Phenomenology focuses on the lived experiences of humans and is an approach to gaining insight into what the life experiences of people are like and what they mean. Buzz words associated with this tradition include the following: experience, lived experience, meaning, and essence. The scenario proposed is not associated with a quantitative study.