Recognize when a research synthesis board has skipped from anecdotes to a premature theme.
The board looks organized, but one element is doing too much interpretive work. Which hotspot shows the strongest evidence that the team skipped the thematic-analysis sequence? Oversized theme header above mixed evidence Correct. A big theme label sitting over mixed notes suggests the label came before coding and comparison, which breaks the evidence-to-theme trail. Researcher holding a marker Not the issue. Facilitation is normal; the problem is not that someone is labeling, but that the label may be outrunning the coded evidence. One isolated note off to the side Weaker clue. An outlier can be healthy if it is preserved…
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