![]() ![]() From this view memos can be created, opened, edited, added or removed from groups, imported, and deleted. This example shows the memo filtered to just those in the ‘Reflection Memos’ group. As seen in the left panel in the above snapshot, the workspace includes fields for filtering by memo title, content, date of creation, groups, and/or linked items. The Memos Workspace is a movable and resizable pop-up in Dedoose. Again, any memo can be linked to associated content and when exported the linked content can be included so the team has all the information necessary to discuss the theoretical meaning and value of making changes in the context of real data toward a more accurate representation of the data. ![]() ![]() In this group, team members might write memos related to: proposed or actual code tree restructuring with content about the rationale for and changes made to a code system/tree, perhaps reconfiguring into a hierarchical structure, at a particular point in time proposals for new codes and/or recommendations for revision to code application criteria. Mapping project activity memos in a ‘project path’ group also created over the course of a project to document milestones-essentially documenting the ‘conversation’ among team members as thinking evolves over the course of a project.a ‘Week One’ memo with content like, ‘here’s what I’d like you to be doing this week.’ These memos can be viewed by students or team members so they know what is expected of them in a particular time period. Free floating memos created in an ‘assignments’ group created by an instructor or team leader to communicate particular tasks for others linked to the project.Also, these, or any, memos may be linked to exemplar data in the project for further contextualization of the memo content upon review. These memos can be exported later and organized by date to see how the framing and understanding of data has evolved. Such memos might include thoughts about observations within the data and the types of codes needed to sufficiently frame the analysis at different stages of the project. Free floating memos, stored in an ‘analytical thinking’ group, created over the course of a project from a more reflective, grounded theory perspective.Finally, Dedoose memos can be easily exported to Word files for local use in manuscript preparation, fodder for team discussion, data sharing, and report generation.Įxamples of how one can use the Dedoose memo system include: Being able to build groups for memos gives the researcher the freedom to organize memos in any number of ways. Memos can be free floating, not linked to any items in a project database, or linked to any number of items. Memos in Dedoose are organized in a custom, user-defined, group structure depending on a project’s specific needs. The memo system in Dedoose, fully revamped in late 2014, is designed to be as flexible as possible to allow for any researcher, team, or instructor to make use of the system in efficient and effective ways. Further, memos can be used to communicate to students or research team members over the course of a class or research project. Memos can be very useful to support a rigorous code system development process in collaborative qualitative and/or mixed method research. For example, they are key to best practices in grounded theory in the tracking of design and analytical thinking during a project. The use of memos is an important part of many methodological traditions and educational and teamwork practices.
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