Definition of "qualitative research" []

• A set of research techniques in which data is obtained from a relatively small group of respondents and not analyzed with statistical techniques. (noun)

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• "The anthropological diffusion research tradition, which conducts qualitative research instead of surveys, has been least accepting of an individual-blame point of view and most likely to point to system-blame aspects of diffusion problems see Chapter 11."