Use a concise response that frames qualitative research as pattern discovery rather than statistical proof.
A stakeholder challenges a five-interview study during a roadmap review. Five interviews is not enough data to make a roadmap decision. You're right that five interviews do not estimate prevalence. What they do give us is mechanism evidence: in five recent incidents, admins delayed launch until payroll impact felt reversible, so the next decision is whether to prototype that confidence cue and then size how common the job is. The response acknowledges the statistical limit, protects the value of interview technique, connects the pattern to a JTBD mechanism, and proposes the next evidence step instead of overclaiming. Do not say…
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