It is not the purpose of the intrinsic case study to identify abstract concepts and relationships; the specific research strategy lies in the observation and description of a case and the primary method is observation, enabling understanding from personal and vicarious experience.
A more commonly used method is observation of erythrocytes with nuclear remnants named Howell-Jolly bodies (HJB) on blood smears.
BI scorings were performed by nurses or nursing assistants and the methods used were observations of patient performances, interview with patients and/or proxies.
Primary methods used were observations at 16 police stations, key informant interviews including 155 trained and untrained police personnel, as well as women, civil society organization working for children in need of protection, Child Welfare Committees.
The methods used were observation of different activities and the physical sites, revision of documents related to the Natural Disaster Resilience Program and in-depth semi-structured interviews with key informants, all practitioners who had direct interaction with the program.
The assessment methods used were observation, clinical exam, measuring, chronometry, questioning of the farmers and calculations.
Important research methods were field observations, in-depth interviews with, among others, farmers, village administrators, irrigation officials, managers of subaks and Water Users' Associations (WUAs), and village elders.
The most common types of qualitative data collection methods are field observation (direct observation or indirect observation), interviews (semi-structured, in-depth, individual interviews and focus groups), and document analysis (such as charts, journals and correspondence) [ 25].
Informal and bespoke methods were also prevalent, "observation" (n = 22, 13%) and "informal questioning" (n = 25, 14%).
To assess the characteristics of mapped IDU locations, multiple qualitative data collection methods were used, including observation, interviews with KIs and IDUs from the location.
