Which of the Following Represent Reasons for Using Qualitative Research

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represent reasons for using qualitative research methods?

• A) When very little is known about a topic and initial exploration is needed to even begin to know what to study.
• B) When there is interest in studying participants' reactions to a natural setting or process to determine their experience of it, the meaning they ascribe to it, or their interpretation of it.
• C) When the goal is to develop new explanatory theory that is grounded in reality or the lived experience.
• D) All of the above

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