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	ทฤษฎีฐานรากเชิงตีความ	ทฤษฎีก่อร่างสร้างสรรค์
สาขาวิชา	เชิงคุณภาพ	เชิงคุณภาพ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1967 (foundational); interpretivist articulation ~2000–2006	2000s (Charmaz 2000–2006; classic GT roots 1967)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Kathy Charmaz (interpretivist/constructivist strand); foundational grounded theory by Glaser & Strauss	Kathy Charmaz (building on Glaser & Strauss, 1967)
ประเภท	Qualitative research methodology	Qualitative research method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	interpretivist grounded theory, constructivist grounded theory, IGT, grounded theory — interpretivist strand	CGT, constructivist GT, Charmaz grounded theory, interpretive grounded theory
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	6
สรุป	Interpretive grounded theory is a qualitative methodology that builds substantive theory inductively from data while working from an interpretivist epistemological stance. Developed most fully by Kathy Charmaz, it holds that researcher and participant co-construct meaning, that categories are created rather than discovered, and that the resulting theory is one plausible account among others rather than an objective rendering of social reality.	Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) is a qualitative methodology developed by Kathy Charmaz that systematically builds mid-range theory from empirical data through iterative coding, memo-writing, and theoretical sampling. Unlike the original objectivist version by Glaser and Strauss, CGT treats both data and theory as co-constructed between researcher and participants, acknowledging the researcher's interpretive perspective as an integral part of the analytic process rather than a source of bias to be eliminated.