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290 INDEX<br />

connections between categories 6, 134, 148,<br />

149–51, 176–91, 239, 259, 272, 273–7;<br />

diagrams used for 200, 211, 218–18;<br />

Hypersoft and 280–4;<br />

through association 179–80, 200;<br />

through linking 62, 174–7, 177, 179,<br />

188–91<br />

connections between concepts 30–1, 48–54,<br />

158, 253, 259, 262, 263, 268;<br />

linking 162–5, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200;<br />

matrices and maps used for see mapping;<br />

matrices<br />

connections, formal and substantive 46, 160<br />

context:<br />

for account 245, 246;<br />

and categorization 116, 127, 129, 135,<br />

273;<br />

generalization and 270;<br />

importance of, in description 31–5;<br />

and subcategorization 146–9<br />

Corbin, J. 5, 7, 39, 60, 90, 92<br />

Cordingley, E.S. 62, 275<br />

Coser, Rose Laub 73<br />

Coveney, P. 25, 48<br />

cross-tabulations 28, 49, 62, 64, 201, 259,<br />

265;<br />

used in making connections 180–6, 185–<br />

8, 188, 210;<br />

see also matrices<br />

culture and finding a focus for <strong>analysis</strong> 68<br />

<strong>data</strong> fragmentation 64, 275;<br />

see also context<br />

<strong>data</strong>bases 83<br />

<strong>data</strong>bits see bits of <strong>data</strong><br />

decision-making processes 210–3, 259, 259–<br />

3<br />

deduction see inference<br />

deductive theories 273<br />

Denzin, K. 31<br />

description 18–19, 28, 30–5, 48, 62;<br />

contexts 31–5;<br />

intentions of actors 31, 32, 35–7;<br />

process of action 31, 32, 38–9;<br />

thick and thin 31, 273<br />

descriptive approach to qualitative research<br />

1, 5<br />

desktop computing 267<br />

diagrams 200–3, 244;<br />

algorithmic 259, 259, 260;<br />

indicating analytic emphases 249–4;<br />

maps see mapping;<br />

matrices 201–211, 239, 259, 272;<br />

T’ai-chi T’u diagrams 29, 179–1<br />

discourse <strong>analysis</strong> 4<br />

Dixon, Bernard 228<br />

Dixon, Beverly 52, 257<br />

documetary <strong>analysis</strong>, materials 4, 14, 15,<br />

105, 127<br />

Edson, C.H. 65<br />

Empire Magazine 226<br />

enumeration see number(s);<br />

quantitative <strong>data</strong><br />

error, error reduction 111, 236, 259–3<br />

evaluation, evaluative research 54, 110<br />

evidence, corroboration of 226–36, 247,<br />

259–3, 281;<br />

conceptual significance of <strong>data</strong> 233–6;<br />

conflicting 234–7;<br />

creating alternative interpretations 236–<br />

34, 245;<br />

fabricating 228–2;<br />

misinterpreting 230–9;<br />

quality of <strong>data</strong> 231–5<br />

expert systems 274<br />

explanation 40–41, 54<br />

face-sheet variables 82, 83, 186<br />

Fielding, J. 4, 18<br />

Fielding, N. 4, 6, 8, 18, 280<br />

fieldwork methods and <strong>data</strong> 14, 15, 18, 77,<br />

92, 127<br />

filing systems, computer 57, 75–86, 280;<br />

card/field 83, 86;<br />

hierarchical 57, 82–83<br />

film 11–12;<br />

see also video material<br />

focus of <strong>analysis</strong>, finding 64–75, 105, 247;<br />

identification of themes 71–75;<br />

resources for 68–9<br />

formal connections 46, 160<br />

frequencies 28, 49, 188, 209–2, 266

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