It used to be that many qualitative research classes were taught by professors who couldn’t master quantitative research techniques. That has changed for the better.
I think positivist “science” has been exposed as a socially/politically motivated force. It was built up to the be final authority in every conflicting paradigm, so naturally it needed to be hijacked by the enemies of Western Culture. The good thing about qualitative research, in my opinion, is you tell the stories about the complex particulars that positivist social scientists, with a particular policy agenda, intentionally leave out because they’re anomalies.
An good example is global warming. A bunch of scientists use rigorous methodology to prove this and that, affect huge policy changes, and millions of people are hurt by it. It dealt with hard numbers and measurements, so everyone bought into it. The whole process is directed toward a desired end.