A Key Assumption Underlying Qualitative Research Is That

question 25

Multiple Choice

A key assumption underlying qualitative research is that

• A) how people act in a given situation depends on how they interpret the situation.
• B) it is possible to describe the social world in terms of universal laws like those in physics.
• C) gaining an in-depth understanding of phenomena requires the observation of a large number of cases.
• D) all research questions should be transformed into testable hypotheses.

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