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As you offer a brief comparison of qualitative and quantitative research approaches, qualitative research approaches offer many benefits. The goal here is to better understand various social or human issues and problems from multiple perspectives. The objective here is to explain and explore phenomena by intensive collection of narrative data. Words here are important. The researcher then tries to generate some hypotheses inductively. Again, the raw data assume the form of words. This type also embodies ongoing synthesis of data. There is also an emphasis upon assessing and interpreting research subjects' meaningful actions or experiences.

When comparing where both types occur, this type is examined in ...

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