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**Commentary on Memo and Diagram** The long memo above and the diagram are not complete, but they do demon- strate how a researcher thinks comparatively “chronic” and “temporary” to extend her or his thinking about properties and dimensions before going back into the field. The idea is to collect data on these two extremes then compare that data to see how properties and dimensions vary. Understanding a phenomenon like the “pain experience” which is very complex and personal in nature takes a lot of thought and data collection from a variety of areas. In the above memo and diagram the reader can also see how categories and subcategories become linked around a phenomenon such as the “pain experience” as he or she works with the data. But before anything hypothesized about in a memo or diagram is built into findings the researcher needs to collect data and make the necessary comparisons.

Corbin and Strauss state that the memo and the diagram are incomplete. The memo and diagram do: 1. Demonstrate researchers ability to compare concepts 2. Extend his or her thinking about properties and dimensions

Purpose: 1. to think comparatively "chronic" and "temporary" 2. compare to see how properties and dimensions vary