Hi Harman, I am going to give you a brief explanation on the type of data and how you can collect it under the qualitative approach. (As for quantitative, if other readers of this discussion need it, these methods are not going to be included in quantitative research). As for the qualitative designs of research, there could be three possible ways in which data on human behaviour can be collected. These methods are; individual data, group data and large data.
For Individual Data, interviews, experiments, observations, and retrospective analysis are the best ways and can help in focused data collection.
For Group Data, you may choose to do surveys, delphi, discussions, and census. The small number of group or serious matters can also involve the methods mentioned for the individual data collection.
For Large Data, the variables and factors that affect the behaviour also become complex. It has social, political, and economical variants. While working on large data, the approaches can be similar to the group data collection but the environment plays a major role too.
Therefore, I would recommend you to go through the past literature and available studies to see which approach suits your research work the best.
Now, coming to the significant points which are needed for human behavior taxonomy development.
The research question should be clearly understood by all. Based on this, the research hypothesis and propositions can be defined.
After this, a research plan/design needs to be creed which includes the approach and techniques which will provide you the closest result.
You can choose narrative analysis or maybe discourse analysis to describe the taxonomy.
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