修行会

“The growth that occurs (or is forced) with memoing is remarkable. The analyst literally grows personally in tandem¹ with the depth of his² theoretical understanding of the data³.” – Glaser

Memo Goals & Goal Rules

from Theoretical Sensitivity (Glaser, Page 83)

• theoretically Develop Ideas (codes)
• with Complete Freedom
• into a Memo Fund
• that is Highly Sortable
  • title/caption the category/property memo is about
  • highlight/underline other categories/properties
  • two or more category memos may include a discussion of how categories/properties are related and categorized (hypothesis)
  • copy memos for cut up
  • write for cut up
  • sort memos wherever they may fall

Other Rules

• [[[the technology is the course!!!]]]
  [[ [[yes]] ]]
  [[ [are memos and code lists separated?] ]]
  [[specificity, population, sparse coding]]
  [data includes quotes of sampled literature]
  memos and data are separated
  … because conceptual density is being
• always interrupt coding or recording to memo; memo a placeholder if necessary
• can force a memo by writing on code; force as little as possible
• modify memos as growth and realization occur
• keep a list of emergent codes handy
• collapse duplicating codes
• conceptual not logical; note data (grounded) vs. conjecture driven
• run memos open long (so long as resources are available)
• talk conceptually about substantive codes, not people (etc.)
• multiple “burning” ideas should be written separately (for sortability)
• indicate saturation in memos when a category is saturated
• always be flexible in memo technique (no style)

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¹ Tandem can be substituted with “in proportion to”.
² Him is an interchangable indicator for all intelligent referents.
³ Data is an interchangable indicator for phenomena; <measure|phenomena>.