“just collecting data”?
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Who is your model for this .... aahhhmmmm .... non-scientific method? Al Gore would be proud -.
What you collect on a forum (in most cases) are OPINIONS.
Your statement (repeated above) is an embarrassment to Freepers.
Oh for crimony sakes. I am not writing a research paper, just gathering qualitative data. I am a grant writer, and I will quote from a recent grant: “Qualitative data (on your project) is evidence largely in the form of words and text - quotes, narratives, and stories, as well as descriptions of performances, etc.”
I used it in that context. If you don’t like it, pish.
And let me help edit your grammar, HN : “What you collect (singular subject) ARE?? ARE?? for singular?? Who is your editor? Your grammar is an embarrassment to FR.