Irony of ironies! While discussing the merits of GT, I just got this tweet from Lisa that our randomised trial paper has just been published. You have a hypothetico-deductivist interloper in your midst! #RCTtalk

I think that's exactly what constructivist GT is trying to do Kelsie. However, I think that there is less of an emphasis on researcher reflexivity in classical GT and more on keeping to the procedures. #JRNtalk

Yes Shahin, and tris to overcome them by bringing research 'subjects' into the research processes, incorporating their views into decision making and analysis. Maybe a good lesson for clinical researchers?

I have to say, I share your cynicism Mark. Bit like the bracketing that Husserlian phenomenologists attempt. It sounds like a laudable thing, but is it much more than lip service to a self-critical approach. It is hard to do

That's my reading of him Claire, and I do think there is something in it. I don't think I would go as far as Mark, in that I think the transparent display of rigorous process adds to robustness. #JRNtalk

I hope it the case, because if it is all so radically relative, what can we learn from GT (or qualitative generally) studies that we can be confident enough to use in practice? #JRNtalk

My view is we need both rigour and reflexivity #JRNtalk

For me rigour is about demonstrating clearly what methods you are going to use, explaining why they are fit for the job, and demonstrating that you have stuck to them while gathering and analysing the data. #JRNtalk

But that in itself doesn't do it, we have also got to recognise and be as honest as possible with ourselves and others about the assumptins we bring to research and the decisins we make that influence our findings. #JRNtalk

NOt just looking at behaviours Claire, but trying to figure out the motivations that lead to them, which is where it becomes dodgy - how do we decide what other people are think? #JRNtalk

Could you say more about reading between the lines, Kelsie? Worried that there is a danger of imposing researcher's interpretations. #JRNtalk

If you are doing it Claire, I think it is really important to get your supervisors to do a bit of triangulating analysis o provide you ith that protective group (as Mark says, teh more the better) #JRNtalk

I think you are right Kumar - 1970s objectivism (which was not confined to GT) is not looking to healthy a position these days (says Mr RCT) #JRNtalk

I think that is the key difference between the classical and constructivist GTers, Kelsie. For the constructivists, the codes are not found in the data (implying they are already there) but constructed by the researcher. #JRNtalk

RTHat has always been my biggest objection to Glaser's GT, Claire. Glad that the banning of literature has been lifted in more recent versions. #JRNtalk

Always suspicious of any research method that strives to hermetically sealed from outside influence. Just not possible so why not use what we have and be honest about it? #JRNtalk

I wouldn't have it any other way Mark. I relish being contaminated by facts and theories! It's how we respond to them and what we do with them that counts. #JRNtalk

Very welcome - that was a fun start to my use of Twitter. I'll do that again.. many thanks for all the thoughtful tweets. #JRNtalk

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