CASE STUDY A01 AO3

Question 1

What are case studies

Answer 1

• Case studis tend to take over a long period of time longitudinal and may involve gathering data from family and friends if the inv as well as person themselves .

Question 2

what are case studies used for

Answer 2

• case studies often analyse unusual events or rare disorders

Question 3

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What type of data does case studies involve.

Answer 3

• qualitative data

Question 4

One limitation of case studies

Answer 4

• its prone to researcher bias
• conclusions are based on subjective interpretation if the researcher and personal accounts
• this reduces validity of study

Question 5

Another limitations of case studies

Answer 5

• small sample size may be an idv with a specific disorder

Question 6

One strength of cs

Answer 6

preferred to the more superficial forms of data that might becollected

Question 7

Another strength of cs

Answer 7

• enables study of unusual behaviour
• Some conditions are rare and cannot be understood