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| − | {{Term|QUALITATIVE DATA|Refers to text based evidence rather than numeric representation. It is derived from interviews, observation and documents and describes people's opinions, knowledge, attitudes or behaviors.<ref>Mathison, Sandra. Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, pp 345, Ed. University of British Columbia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.htm Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Monitoring, Evaluation and Consulting Division, 2006.]</ref>}} | + | {{Term|QUALITATIVE DATA|Refers to text based evidence rather than numeric representation. It is derived from interviews, [[Observation|observation]] and documents and describes people's opinions, knowledge, attitudes or behaviors.<ref>Mathison, Sandra. Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, pp 345, Ed. University of British Columbia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.htm Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Monitoring, Evaluation and Consulting Division, 2006.]</ref>}} |
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| Refers to text based evidence rather than numeric representation. It is derived from interviews, observation and documents and describes people's opinions, knowledge, attitudes or behaviors.[1][2] |
References
- ↑ Mathison, Sandra. Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, pp 345, Ed. University of British Columbia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
- ↑ Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Monitoring, Evaluation and Consulting Division, 2006.