Question

To examine the social interactions of online role-playing gamers, a relatively Pickup social phenomena, Kyokodeveloped a rough outline of what to look for before setting out on observation. This outline was intended toguide, but not specifically structure the observations. What approach did Kyoko use?
a. Ethnomethodology
b. Grounded theory
c. Case study
d. The extended case method
e. Participatory action approach

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Grounded theory

Explanation:

Grounded Theory is an approach used when you want to do research, but there is no theory to prove it, but there is a desire to understand a situation and there is a desire to understand how members in that situation act in a certain way. In this type of approach the data collection is made, with a volume of information necessary to make it possible to reach conclusions about the research.  The data collected serve to guide the experiment but not to extrute.