ABSTRACT
You may be under the impression that a given researcher uses grounded theory (GT) method to analyze data or, conversely, does not. I believed that too, but respected researchers have restructured the original form of the method while stating that they too used “grounded theory.” In this chapter I try to describe what the original method is, a bit about the histories that led to its development, a sketch of how the method is done, and finally some examples of grounded theories that have stood the test of time.
