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Direct linkPolkinghorne, Donald E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written language rather than in the form of numbers.…
Descriptors: Written Language, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Interviews
