Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The qualitative method in sociology deliberatively gives up on quantity in order to reach a depth in analysis of the object studied. It uses different techniques doing so. Focus groups, text analysis, participant observation and participation are some of the most important. Qualitative methods are commonly used in conjunction with quantitative methods. Using qualitative methods it is often possible to understand the meaning of the numbers produced by quantitative methods. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.