It was Galileo Galilei who made a bold departure from the qualitative background of Aristotelian matter, defending a mechanistic form of atomism in which atoms did not have dimensions.
Although we may assume that experiences have bounded edges like those of their objects, the whole of an experience, and especially its qualitative background, which he calls "the setting," extends indefinitely.
After that the authors, who all had different expertise (breast cancer surgeon, social scientists, insurance physician) in addition to a (qualitative) research background, verified the schemes regarding content and concepts.
15 The present targeted ethnography was designed to get a quantitative estimation of adherence to the current 7-day CQ-PQ regimen of microscopically confirmed P. vivax malaria cases and to provide qualitative background information on treatment adherence and related decision-making factors in the local context.
A review of the breastfeeding related literature was undertaken to provide background for a qualitative study that explores how osteopaths promote effective breastfeeding.
Although there is not enough power for a statistical analysis, a qualitative examination of the professional background of the reviewers does not suggest any strong tendencies.
The design can be seen as a qualitative discontinuity phenomenon in a continuous background.
Against this background, we undertook a qualitative study to describe the disclosure experience of French-speaking, Quebec-born WLHIV.
The spread of backgrounds was intended to give a qualitative variation of the answers given.
Furthermore, a qualitative subgroup analysis among patients with various ethnic backgrounds will be performed.
Against this background and considering the explorative character of our research questions, a qualitative methodology appeared appropriate.
