Re: Data selection

Eric Bohlman (ebohlman@netcom.com)
Wed, 18 Jan 1995 21:22:03 -0800 (PST)

> Host's Note:
>
> The method with Post-It's that James mentions is closely related to an
> important quality tool, the K-J Method or "Affinity Diagram" and I
> recommend the method. The step where Post-It's are grouped is especially
> important; to me the idea is to let the model emerge from the data by
> seeing what facts seem to cluster together. This helps avoid the great
> danger that our pre-conceived notions may sneak in as categories and we
> will tend to see data that consistent with these. See a good quality text
> for info; I don't know which one to recommend.

Try _The Memory Jogger Plus+_ by Michael Brassard (GOAL/QPC, 1989). This
has good descriptions of all the "7 new tools" including affinity
diagramming.

Eric Bohlman, ebohlman@netcom.com