Qualitative methods tend to have those characteristics. Established methods, open-ended questions, interview data/observation data, themes & patterns Emerging methods, open-ended questions, observations data/observation data, statistical patterns Emerge methods, open-ended questions, observes data/observation data, themes & patterns Emerging methods, open-ended quests, survey data/observation data, themes & patterns. Solution Answers: 4. (d) Emerging methods, open-ended questions, survey data/observational data, themes and patterns. Qualitative research involves emerging trends/methods containing open ended questions. The data is collected through surveys and observations, followed by thematic analysis. It emphasizes examining and recording patterns. 5. False Faculty are comfortable with systematic procedures and transformative approaches to inquiry. The principal way of new knowledge development is what is often called \"systematic inquiry\", i.e., a careful, deliberate effort to deal with a problem, to investigate something inadequately known or understood. The term Transformative Inquiry (TI) refers to a multi-faceted process that includes particular concepts, actions and philosophical approaches..