Qualitative analysis
Analytical Memo Template
A memo worksheet for emerging interpretations, supporting and contradictory evidence, uncertainty and next questions.
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Project: ________________________________
Memo title: ________________________________
Researcher: ________________________________
Date: ________________________________
Related sources / codes / cases: ________________________________
What am I noticing?
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What evidence supports it?
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What evidence challenges it?
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What might explain the pattern?
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What alternative explanation exists?
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How does this relate to the research question?
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What remains uncertain?
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What should I examine next?
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Memo status: Provisional / Developing / Stable / Replaced / Retired