Is it possible and scientifically sound to develop and generate hypotheses based on focus group data?

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David L Morgan

Any kind of qualitative research can be used to generate hypotheses, including focus groups. In general, this is the goal of exploratory qualitative research.

Florencia Maldia

I agree with David L Morgan. Any kind of qualitative research can be used to generate hypotheses, including focus groups. While quantitative research test hypotheses, qualitative research generates hypotheses.