This article seeks to shed some light on the difference of opinion that has developed between the cooriginators of the grounded theory approach to qualitative data analysis. The author has worked with grounded theory and has followed the developments in the methods books written independently by Glaser and Strauss since the publication of The Discovery of Grounded Theory in 1967. What had to date appeared to be an ongoing process of refinement of the strategies for the handling of data and the development of theory has developed into nothing short of a head on clash between Glaser and Strauss.
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