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1. What does "metaphor serves the data and not vice versa." mean?
I can think of a metaphor like "My mind is like a peaceful lake" and does the sentence mean that we shouldn't gather any corrupted data to distort the meaning of a metaphor? Can you take an example?
2. What does "concretizing metaphors" mean?
330-142
ex)Metaphors can be powerful and clever ways of communicating findings. A great deal of meaning can be conveyed in a single phrase with a powerful metaphor. Moreover, developing and using metaphors can be fun, both for the analyst and for the reader. It is important, however, to make sure that the metaphor serves the data and not vice versa.
The creative analyst who finds a powerful metaphor may be tempted to manipulate the data to fit the metaphor. In addition, because metaphors carry implicit connotations, it is important to make sure that the data fit the most prominent of those connotations so that what is communicated is what the analyst wants to communicate. Finally, one must avoid concretizing metaphors and acting as if the world were really the way the metaphor suggests it is.
I can think of a metaphor like "My mind is like a peaceful lake" and does the sentence mean that we shouldn't gather any corrupted data to distort the meaning of a metaphor? Can you take an example?
2. What does "concretizing metaphors" mean?
330-142
ex)Metaphors can be powerful and clever ways of communicating findings. A great deal of meaning can be conveyed in a single phrase with a powerful metaphor. Moreover, developing and using metaphors can be fun, both for the analyst and for the reader. It is important, however, to make sure that the metaphor serves the data and not vice versa.
The creative analyst who finds a powerful metaphor may be tempted to manipulate the data to fit the metaphor. In addition, because metaphors carry implicit connotations, it is important to make sure that the data fit the most prominent of those connotations so that what is communicated is what the analyst wants to communicate. Finally, one must avoid concretizing metaphors and acting as if the world were really the way the metaphor suggests it is.
