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Qualitative assessment; qualitatively

In a qualitative assessment, the information (data) collected is usually in the form of words and images.  It is a subjective method of data collection using the observation of performance and interviews etc. The data is less generalisable i.e. we can draw fewer conclusions from findings than we can when using statistical methods.