The qualitative methods and the quantitative methods should be seen primarily as complements to one another.
She served as the qualitative methods expert for these studies, designing interview tools, focus group guides and analysis plans for her team and 14 partner institutions.
The chapter describes the qualitative methods of accidental analysis, such as checklists, what-if analysis, hazards and operability (HAZOP) analysis, and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
Additional details of the qualitative methods and results, along with evidence of saturation, are provided in the online Supplementary Material.
The information gathered through the document analysis and the qualitative methods was transcribed and coded using the categories described below.
Additional details of the qualitative methods and results, along with evidence of saturation, are shown in the online Additional file 1.
Xiao [4] analyzed the existence and uniqueness of the positive equilibrium and its global asymptotic stability by using the qualitative methods of ordinary differential equation.
Preliminary screening involved the qualitative methods to detect the presence tannins, saponins, quinones, terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, phenol, alkaloids, glycosides, cardiac glycosides, coumarins, anthocyanin and betacyanin.
The qualitative methods allow for and tolerate the naming and description of unknown processes, explanations of why and how an imagined event or state will occur, and the range of the potential impacts.
Semi-structured interviews were carried out with several members of the family to improve the reliability of historical reconstruction, in line with the qualitative methods proposed by (Kaufman 1996), De Sardan (2003) and Bertaux (1997).
The qualitative methods used in the initial phases of the study will lead to the development of oral health item banks for children and adolescents and collect data not possible through other methods.
