ABSTRACT
This chapter helps readers close the gap between data and interpretation. A trace that goes from data to interpretation shows other people how readers moved from a context-specific description of what happened to a concept-dependent description. To close the gap between data and interpretation; between context and concepts, readers have to take more steps than one. But credible, and verifiable, encoding of data in a human factors account of what went on needs to go both ways. A presentation of how a situation unfolded over time is the basis for a credible human factors analysis. Recognize that any reconstruction of human performance to the level of a concept-dependent account is tentative—and that includes readers investigation. Keep the basic goal of the whole exercise in mind: the target of reconstructing unfolding mindset is to find out why actions and assessments made sense to people at the time.
