The qualitative research is been increasingly used in marketing to unmask the thoughts and motivations more subjective from the consumer.After we accomplish an abbreviation theoretical-revision of what is the qualitative research in marketing, our main goal concentrate on to providing and to fanning the main and more used variations of that research methodology in marketing - In depth interview, focus group, projective techniques, observational research, ZMET (Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique), autodriving and films. In the following topic we propose a comparative table including the advantages and disadvantages of each qualitative research variation applied in marketing. After the final considerations, we suggest possible applications for future investigations that can help even more the use of that technique for research professionals in the national context.
marketing research; qualitative methods; technique analysis
