Little Big Question # 2: Is qualitative research mostly "hypothesis-generating" and "exploratory"?

(Article: Burck, C. (2005). Comparing qualitative research methodologies for systemic research: the use of grounded theory, discourse analysis and narrative analysis. Journal of Family Therapy 27, 237-262.)

Do you agree with the assumption that qualitative research is mostly a “hypothesis-generating research” and that it has a more “exploratory nature” than a quantitative one? Do you agree with the "division" presented in Fig. 1 in the article (p. 239)?