Grounded Theory: An Exploration of Process and Procedure

By D. Walker, F. Myrick. Qualitative Health Research, 2006

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Missteps in psychotherapy with transgender clients: Promoting gender sensitivity in counseling and psychological practice. (2016, methodology): “Coding was an inductive and reductive process with data organized through the identification of common themes and categories and comparison of similarities and differences in the participants’ narratives (Walker & Myrick, 2006).”
The Influence of the Trayvon Martin Shooting on Racial Socialization Practices of African American Parents (2015, methodology): “Axial coding was used to determine relationships between categories and subcategories (Walker & Myrick, 2006).”
Keeping an Eye on Learning (2015, methodology): “This method generates theory in the absence of preconceived hypotheses, instead allowing concepts and theories to emerge from the data, treating participants’ statements and concerns as the central point of discovery (Charmaz, 2006; B. Glaser & Strauss, 1967; Walker & Myrick, 2006).”
A Novice Researcher’s First Walk Through the Maze of Grounded Theory: Rationalization for Classical Grounded Theory (2013, positive): “Walker and Myrick, in their detailed analysis on coding and process, concluded that “maybe it is more about the researcher and less about the method” (2006, p. 558), a sentiment shared by Heath and Cowley (2004), Fendt and Sacks (2008), Bryant (2009), and Fernandez (2012).”