Melissa was interested in consumer preferences of female undergraduate students. Melissa found ...

Melissa was interested in consumer preferences of female undergraduate students. Melissa found participants for her study, conducted and transcribed interviews, and began to analyze interviewees’ responses. After a first pass, Melissa realized class played a bigger role in shaping her interviewees’ consumer preferences than she anticipated when designing her interview schedule and so decided to conduct a second round of interviews with additional questions before formulating her findings. Which path did Melissa’s research take?
A) Linear
B) Regular
C) Nonlinear
D) Irregular
E) Repetitive