A
• ABD -- All But Dissertation
• AFAIK -- As Far As I Know

B
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C
• coding -- the process of labeling data

D
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E
• epistemology -- the theory of knowledge as well as its methods and valitdation.

F
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G
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H
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I
• ideal type -- assuming sufficient likeness or comparability of other's mind so that general constructions, such as "the Protestant ethnic" and "rational bourgeois capitalism," could be characterized as socilogical reality [SMELSER97, p. 9].
• IMHO -- In My Humble Opinion
• IMNSHO -- In My Not So Humble Opinion

J
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K
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L
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M
• method -- an orderly arrangement of ideas/procedures to study social reality.
• methodology -- the theory of method.

N
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O
• ontology -- the nature of being.

P
• phenomena -- central ideas in the data represented as concepts. It answers the questions "What is going on here?" [STRAUSSCORBIN98, pp. 101, 130].
• phenomenology -- a method of phenomena as distinct from ontology to describe individual(s) under study (or direct experience).

Q
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R
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S
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T
• Theory -- a tentative explanation of a phenomenon.

U
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V
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W
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X
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Y
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Z
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References:

• [DOOLEY95] Dooley, David. 1995. Social Research Methods. Prentice Hall, pp. 387. [HM48 Doo, ISBN 0-1312-6161-4]
• [SMELSER97] Smelser, Neil J. 1997. Problematics of Sociology - The George Simmel Lectures, 1995. University of California Press, pp. 111. [HM24 Sme CLMS, ISBN 0-5202-0675-4]
• [STRAUSSCORBIN98] Strauss, Anselm L., and Corbin, Juliet. 1998. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Sage, 2nd ed., pp. 312. [HA29 Str, ISBN 0-8039-5939-7]
  Keywords: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Analysis
  MEMO: A good book for novice researchers: discusses the version that is taught by Strauss (p. 12). See also http://gtm.vlsm.org/gtm-18.en.html.