Audio | Books |
Case Studies | Comments |
Descriptions | Documents |
Emails | Forum Posts |
Historical Accounts | Interviews |
Journals / Diaries | Magazines |
Messages | Newspapers |
Observation | Photographs |
Questionnaires | Reviews |
Social Media | Speeches |
Transcripts | Videos |
Concrete Examples
A sociologist conducts unstructured interviews with open-ended questions.A biologist observes unusual behavior by a particular species of bird and records it in a journal.A company executive expresses a company's strategy in words.An architect describes a concept for a building to a client.A stock analyst advises an investor on a private call.A new game is released and people who try it post their feelings and ideas about it.A guide describes how to write code in a particular programming language.A physicist explains a new theory with a short analogy. The theory goes on to change our understanding of the universe and has countless applications for engineering and technology.| Overview: Qualitative Data | ||
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Definition | Information that is created by humans that can't be converted to numbers or analyzed with mathematics with precision and accuracy. | |
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