In the qualitative study by Smith and Rhodes (2015), participants were asked to describe what it was like being depressed. The researchers interviewed seven people about their experience of being depressed and looked for commonalities in their experiences. This form of research is an example of ______.

a. grounded theory
b. case study
c. phenomenology
d. survey research


Ans: C

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