Vertaile menetelmiä

	Strukturoimaton haastattelu	Grounded Theory	Narratiivinen analyysi
Tieteenala	Laadulliset menetelmät	Laadullinen tutkimus	Laadulliset menetelmät
Menetelmäperhe	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Syntyvuosi	Mid-20th century (Rogers ~1942; Spradley ~1979)	1967	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Kehittäjä	Rooted in anthropological and sociological fieldwork traditions; systematised by James P. Spradley and Carl Rogers (non-directive counselling interview)	Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Tyyppi	Qualitative research method	Method	Qualitative interpretive method
Alkuperäislähde	Spradley, J. P. (1979). The Ethnographic Interview. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Aldine.	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Rinnakkaisnimet	open-ended interview, non-directive interview, in-depth interview, conversational interview	GT, Grounded Theory Approach	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Liittyvät	6	3	6
Tiivistelmä	An unstructured interview is a qualitative data-collection method in which the researcher enters the conversation with a broad topic or grand-tour question rather than a fixed questionnaire, allowing the participant to direct the flow and depth of the discussion. The approach prioritises the participant's own conceptual categories and narrative logic over the researcher's pre-formed agenda, making it especially powerful for exploratory inquiry into unfamiliar or complex social phenomena.	Grounded Theory (GT) is a systematic qualitative research methodology in which theory emerges directly from data through iterative analysis, rather than being imposed before data collection. Developed by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in 1967, GT prioritizes generating explanatory frameworks grounded in evidence.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.