Sociological Study of Women's Professional Golf

Methodologically, Crosset (1995) used a subworld analysis but was not concerned with testing theories or definitions of social world. He employed a grounded-theory approach rooted in the Chicago School. Grounded theory is "the process of generating and constructing theory directly from the data" (Crosset, 1995, p. 238). Crosset (1995) attempted to gather both rich and complex data, which was collected, analyzed, and linked to theory building simultaneously. Crosset (1995) also employed a coding system to label, separate, compile, and organize his data, using a computer assisted keyword program to create units of analysis that would then shape his strategy for reporting the data he un

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e radicalization of many LPGA players, issues related to gender and competency at the game, interpersonal relations, the influence of fans, and what he describes as the ideological struggle over women's golf. He also identified the effects of class and race on the increasing exclusivity of the LPGA tour and gender equality as critical elements shaping the function of the LPGA as an agent of social change. Most significantly, however, his anecdotal content analysis is backed by statistical data sets which address class and occupational mobility of professional women golfers' families on a number of key demographic variables (e.g., age, socioeconomic assessment, class status, change of direction in class status, and whether or not training was received on a public versus a private golf course). He links these variables in his narrative to various issues and includes a limited amount of statistical data and data description in this narrative. Part of the research effort employed by Crosset (1995) involved assessing published studies of the LPGA, LPGA rules and requirements, and an analysis of how the LPGA admits professional players, identifies their status or seeding, and controls access to the tour. Data regarding the
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