When is the Sequential Code Adjacency Network meaningful?
Overview
The network summarizes codes that occur next to one another in the encoded sequence of a source. It is useful when source order carries meaning, such as conversation turns, chronological fieldnotes, narratives, or ordered transcript passages. It can suggest transitions to inspect but does not prove a temporal or causal process. Find it under Analysis › Relations & Maps › Code Adjacency.
What to do
- Use Codes shown and Links shown to keep the network readable; the last choice in each list is All. Click a step to read the passages behind it, then Open in document to see them in context.
- Confirm that document or segment order is methodologically meaningful.
- Inspect the passages that create a prominent transition.
- Report the adjacency rule and avoid calling the network temporal when order is arbitrary.
When to use it
- To see which code tends to follow which in a text or interview.