Qualitative Research Is Often Exploratory and Has All of the Following

Qualitative research is often exploratory and has all of the following characteristics except- -------

A) it is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest.
B) it relies on the collection of non numerical data such as words and pictures
C) it is used to generate hypotheses and develop theory about phenomena in the world
D) it uses the inductive scientific method