Introduces readers to qualitative research. Highlights the benefits of qualitative methods in dental research. Explains methods of qualitative data collection. This paper is the first in a series of ...

The purpose of this paper is to explore these two methods in more detail, in particular how they work in practice, the purpose of each, when their use is appropriate and what they can offer dental ...

Qualitative data captures information and concepts that cannot be easily described by numbers, to better understand a phenomenon of interest from different perspectives. This data may include people's ...