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	Codifica Selettiva	Teoria Fondata	Analisi Narrativa
Campo	Qualitativo	Ricerca qualitativa	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1967 (Glaser & Strauss); refined 1990 (Strauss & Corbin)	1967	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Ideatore	Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (classic GT); systematised by Anselm Strauss & Juliet Corbin; constructivist variant by Kathy Charmaz	Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Tipo	Qualitative research method	Method	Qualitative interpretive method
Fonte seminale	Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803932975	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.
Alias	focused coding, theoretical integration, GT selective coding, core category coding	GT, Grounded Theory Approach	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Correlati	6	3	6
Sintesi	Selective coding is the third and final analytic phase of grounded theory, in which the researcher systematically identifies one central or core category that integrates all other major categories developed during open and axial coding. The outcome is a coherent, data-grounded substantive theory that explains the main social process or phenomenon under study. First formalized by Glaser and Strauss (1967) and later elaborated by Strauss and Corbin (1990) and Kathy Charmaz (2006), selective coding transforms fragmented mid-level categories into a unified theoretical account.	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.