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	ทฤษฎีฐานรากภาคสนาม	การวิจัยกรณีศึกษา	การวิเคราะห์เรื่องเล่า
สาขาวิชา	เชิงคุณภาพ	เชิงคุณภาพ	เชิงคุณภาพ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1967 (original GT); field-based variant developed through 1980s–2000s	1984 (seminal codification)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Kathy Charmaz (constructivist extension); Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (original grounded theory)	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
ประเภท	Qualitative research design and analysis approach	Qualitative research design	Qualitative interpretive method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	constructivist grounded theory, ethnographic grounded theory, situational grounded theory, field grounded theory	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	5	6
สรุป	Field-based grounded theory integrates sustained fieldwork — participant observation, field notes, and naturalistic data collection — with the iterative coding and theoretical sampling procedures of classic grounded theory. Where standard grounded theory typically relies on interview transcripts, the field-based variant anchors theory generation in direct, prolonged observation of naturally occurring social processes in context. The result is a substantive theory that is grounded in both what people say and what they actually do in their everyday settings.	Case study research is a qualitative research design that investigates a specific phenomenon, individual, group, organisation, or event in depth within its real-world context. Systematised by Robert K. Yin in 1984, it supports single-case and multiple-case designs and draws on multiple data sources — interviews, observation, documents, and artefacts — to build a rich, contextualised account of a bounded unit.	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.