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Descriptor English: Qualitative Research
Descriptor Spanish: Investigación Cualitativa
Descriptor investigación cualitativa
Scope note: Cualquier tipo de investigación que emplea información no numérica para explorar características individuales o de grupo, produciendo hallazgos a los que no se llega por procedimientos estadísticos u otros medios cuantitativos. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
Descriptor Portuguese: Pesquisa Qualitativa
Descriptor French: Recherche qualitative
Entry term(s): Research, Qualitative
Tree number(s): H01.770.644.241.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D036301
Scope note: Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
Annotation: coordinate with specific qualitative research method if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Anthropology, Cultural MeSH
Focus Groups MeSH
DeCS ID: 37677
Unique ID: D036301
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2014/06/16
Qualitative Research - Preferred
Concept UI M0390026
Scope note Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
Preferred term Qualitative Research
Entry term(s) Research, Qualitative



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