Question

Which of the following instruments is least used in qualitative research? *

document analysis
interview
observation
statistical tests

Answer 1

Statistical tests is least used in qualitative research.

What does qualitative research rely on?

• Qualitative research is a kind of research in which the researcher uses all kinds of data, except statistical one.
• Non-numerical data is considered for qualitative research.
• As document analysis, interview and observations are all non-statistical data, hence these will play an active part in qualitative research.