Original sentence: For many, if not most researchers (especially in psychology, qualitative methods are simply exploratory methods used cheifly to generate hypotheses for quantitative testing.In social science, qualitative research is an umbrella term used, especially in the social sciences, to describe various non-quantitative research methods or approaches.Its practitioners often believe that qualitative research is especially well-suited to getting at the subjective qualities of the lived world.Other researchers, though, consider qualitative research a superior alternative to quantitative research (for more about this debate, see qualitative psychological research).Quantitative studies, however, may also observe phenomena in situ, and one criticism of this approach to qualitative research is that the definitions offered of it do not distinguish it adequately from quanttative research (for more on this issue, see qualitative psycholgical research).Researchers from the latter group concern themselves with observation of research phenomena in situ; that is, within their naturally-occurring context(s).See also: qualitative psychological research.The term qualitative research has at least three meanings
Edited sentence: --147.26.188.223 21:26, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)Duncan Waite.A commonality shared by these methods is a concern with an investigation of the research phenomena in situ; that is, within their naturally-occurring context(s).Qualitative research is an umbrella term used, especially in the social sciences, to describe various research methods or approaches.Qualitative research is especially well-suited to getting at the subjective qualities of the lived world.The term qualitative research has at least three meanings: