Strength and weakness of case study in Psychology

Strengths of Case Studies

Provides detailed (rich qualitative) information.

Provides insight for further research.

Permitting investigation of otherwise impractical (or unethical) situations.

Limitations of Case Studies

Lacking scientific rigour and providing little basis for generalization of results to the wider population.

Researchers' own subjective feeling may influence the case study (researcher bias).

Difficult to replicate.

Time-consuming and expensive.

The volume of data, together with the time restrictions in place, impacted on the depth of analysis that was possible within the available resources.

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