เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	ทฤษฎีฐานรากเชิงตีความ	การสืบสวนเชิงพรรณนา
สาขาวิชา	เชิงคุณภาพ	การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1967 (foundational); interpretivist articulation ~2000–2006	2000
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Kathy Charmaz (interpretivist/constructivist strand); foundational grounded theory by Glaser & Strauss	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
ประเภท	Qualitative research methodology	Method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	interpretivist grounded theory, constructivist grounded theory, IGT, grounded theory — interpretivist strand	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	3
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.	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.