Advanced relationships between categories analysis as a qualitative research tool

Merav Rabinovich, Lea Kacen

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Abstract

The authors propose an advanced relationships between categories (RBC) model as an expansion of Tutty, Rothery, and Grinnell's (1996) qualitative tool for classifying RBC patterns as contained, temporal, and causal relationships. It is assumed that identification of the relationships obtained among categories of qualitative data paves the way for construction of a theory, even though few tools have been developed for this purpose to date. The advanced RBC model points to three additional relationship patterns: bilateral, trilateral, and quadrilateral relationships. These relationships reveal how the text itself links among its various components. The model serves as an innovative tool for systematic derivation of explanations based on the qualitative raw data, contributing to grounded theory and other interpretive studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)698-708
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Clinical Psychology
Volume66
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Axial coding
  • Grounded theory
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Relationships between categories
  • Selective coding

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