Unit 8 DB: Case Study

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 Your textbook describes several advantages and disadvantages of the case study research method, which are listed below:Advantages

  • A Source of Ideas about Behavior
  • An Opportunity for Clinical Innovation
  • A Method to Study Rare Phenomena 
  • A Method for Challenging to Theoretical Assumptions 
  • A Method for Providing Tentative Support for a Psychological Theory

Disadvantages

  • Difficulty of Drawing Cause-Effect Conclusions
  • Potential Sources of Bias
  • Problems of Generalizing from a Single Individual
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