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qualitative research (kwol-it-ă-tiv) n. research that seeks to provide understanding of human experience, perceptions, motivations, intentions, and behaviours based on description and observation and utilizing a naturalistic interpretative approach to a subject and its contextual setting. Compare quantitative research.

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