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Qualitative

Describing economic, market and other research not directly related to mathematical data. Qualitative factors are based on the assumption that economic actors, being human beings, are susceptible to acting on factors that may not directly correlate with facts. Qualitative factors may include management practices or brand recognition when recommending investment decisions to clients or brokers. See also: Assurance, Panic selling, Quantitative research.

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Although computer software programs for qualitative research are universally described as "Computer-assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software" (CAQDAS), the term "assisted" means how data are electronically stored, retrieved, and linked.

Using grounded theory method to capture and analyze health care experiences

Apply ethical standards when Assignments 1, 3, 4 photographing human subjects for research purposes Producing and Analyzing Qualitative Data After successful completion of this course, a student will 6.

Viewing the World: Visual Inquiry in International Settings

The papers in this special issue contribute to the debates about qualitative data archiving in two key ways.

Archiving qualitative data in Australia: an introduction

Our quantitative data did not show a correlation between a higher density of coding staff and better quality of coding; however, our findings from the qualitative data supported Wendler and Slovensky's results.

Organisational factors affecting the quality of hospital clinical coding

On the other hand, quantitative research provides the hard evidence and statistics to support the qualitative data.

Managing measurement costs: aligning the goals of your communication plan with the goals of the business is the first step to demonstrating value

The qualitative data were gathered through summer journals, year-round journal entries, and camper focus groups.

What happens to campers at camp?

The researchers transcribed the audiotapes, a common procedure used to analyze qualitative data (Krueger and Casey, 2000).

A qualitative assessment of college students' perceptions of health behaviors

Qualitative data will give a picture of user preferences, opinions, and forecasts of future behavior.

Electronic publishing: research issues for academic librarians and users

Recent efforts to integrate the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into existing maternal and child health-family planning (MCH-FP) services in four African countries illustrate how qualitative data can be used with quantitative data to detect and explain difficulties in implementing new reproductive health policies.

Integrating STI services proves problematic

The workshops address a range of topics, including: definitions of violence; quantitative and qualitative data on violence against women in Venezuela and around the world; common myths about these types of crime; and the cycle of violence.

Domestic violence workshops. (Groups News)

Assessment consists of both quantitative and qualitative data that are woven into the client's story as the symbols or meanings that call for further exploration.

The Storied Approach: A Postmodern Perspective for Career Counseling. (Effective Techniques)

The statistical significant was determined using the Chi-square analysis for qualitative data and one-way analysis of variance for qualitative data.

The Effect of Various Caustic Chemicals on the Composition and Integrity of Soft and Rigid Gas permeable Contact Lenses