Qualitative studies look at the affective side of research.
They deal with attitudes and feelings. McRobbie's study is of this type. He looks at the relationship between a veteran teacher and his 11th grade chemistry class. The goal was to look at the attitudes from the teacher and the students towards the way the teacher presented the material. The study found that the teacher was set in a specific pattern of teaching and did not feel that changing that pattern would be to the betterment of his students.