RUDN Journal of Sociology.
Российский университет дружбы народов.
2004.
P. 56-74
The article deals with the 'unfinished sentences' technique as a 'soft', qualitative way to collect and analyze sociological data. The article represents an attempt to describe the main features of qualitative approach to designing, conducting and analyzing the semi-structured data of sociological research based on the 'unfinished sentences' technique and aimed at studying the problem of loneliness. The article also proposes a scheme to apply typological analysis principles to the data obtained through the 'unfinished sentences' technique.