Barney G. Glaser, Ph. Chapter 14- Adopt and Adapt Summary of Aim of This Book GT may be the most widely employed methodology employed in the social sciences today. The irrelevance and lack of fit was legion. GT took hold as reputable and legitimate, because of its relevance, fit and workability and its rigorous systematic approach to generating theory that explains. But it is but one among many QDA methods.
Comparative use is up to the researcher.
GT does not preempt. This book will set down a lot of ideas that the GT researcher will not have yet considered or realized. But he or she did not realize these ideas to the point of consciousness and use, and now the researcher will be able to use them. Keep in mind that no one researcher captures all the meanings and ideas of GT in a short time. It has a delayed action learning curve stretching over, at minimum, a year and a half.