Qualitative_data_analysis

Figure 13.13 Adjusting scope of most refined categories
Figure 13.14 Distinguishing exclusive and inclusive relationships
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infer (in the absence of any other information to the contrary) that the relationships
being described were causal. Another assumption was that the reader would ‘read’
the map from left to right, as though it were text, and therefore take the categories
on the left as ‘precedent’, not only in our map but also in the data. To ensure a
correct interpretation, our map needs to include information allowing readers
(including ourselves) to understand the relationships being described
(Figure 13.15).
Figure 13.15 now spells out the different relationships between categories and
also the direction of the causal relationships. We have distinguished between the types
and direction of relationships between categories, but what of the strength of
different relationships?
First of all, let us ‘unpack’ Figure 13.15 a little by distinguishing between the
relationships between ‘occupation’ and ‘temperament’ as causes and ‘suffering’ as a
consequence. Although we have presented ‘occupation’ and ‘temperament’ as
interactive causes, we can distinguish between them. Is ‘suffering’ caused by