Ming is a qualitative research who studies friendship in preteens. She collected observational data for several months and is now engaged in interpretation of the findings. Which of the following questions should Ming ask herself?
A) Why did I collect these data?
B) How can I best classify these data?
C) What can be learned from these data?
D) How can I describe these data?

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Ming should ask herself what can be learned from the data she collected, since she is engaged in interpretation of the findings. While it's important to consider why she collected the data, how to classify the data, and how to describe the data, these questions are more relevant to the data collection and analysis stages, rather than the interpretation stage.

Ming Is a Qualitative Research Who Studies Friendship in Preteens