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Direct linkPolkinghorne, Donald E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written language rather than in the form of numbers.…
Descriptors: Written Language, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Interviews
Peer reviewedEmmerson, Gordon J.; Neely, Margery A. – Counseling Psychologist, 1988
Notes that finding appropriate, statistically sound means of collecting data is important step in developing research. Presents goal attainment scaling and semantic differential as two flexible, reliable, and valid data-collection methodologies useful for practitioners. Provides procedural instructions and examples for constructing each…
Descriptors: Counseling, Data Collection, Research and Development, Research Methodology
