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Advantages & Disadvantages of Case Study Method of Data Collection

The case study method of data collection has several advantages and disadvantages. Some key advantages include allowing for an intensive study of a single unit, not requiring sampling, enabling the continuous analysis of a social unit, and aiding in the formulation of hypotheses. Major disadvantages are limited generalizability due to a narrow focus, the inability to perform classifications with a small sample, and that it is often more costly and time-consuming than other methods.

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Case Study Method of Data Collection

The case study method of data collection has several advantages and disadvantages. Some key advantages include allowing for an intensive study of a single unit, not requiring sampling, enabling the continuous analysis of a social unit, and aiding in the formulation of hypotheses. Major disadvantages are limited generalizability due to a narrow focus, the inability to perform classifications with a small sample, and that it is often more costly and time-consuming than other methods.

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Advantages of Case Study Method of Data Collection


FollowingaretheadvantageofcasestudyMethod

1.IntensiveStudy.Casestudymethodisresponsibleforintensivestudyofaunit.Itistheinvestigationandexplorationofan
eventthoroughlyanddeeply.
2.NoSampling.Itstudiesasocialunitinitsentireperspectives.Itmeansthereisnosamplingincasestudymethod.
3.ContinuousAnalysis.Itisvaluableinanalyzingcontinuouslythelifeofasocialunittodigoutthefacts.
4.HypothesisFormulation.Thismethodisusefulforformulationofhypothesisforfurtherstudy.
5.Comparisons.Itcomparesdifferenttypeoffactsaboutthestudyofaunity.
6.IncreaseinKnowledge.Itgivestheanalyticalpowerofapersontoincreaseknowledgeaboutasocialphenomena.
7.GeneralizationofData.Casestudymethodprovidesgroundsforgeneralizationofdataforillustratingstatisticalfindings.
8.Comprehensive.Itisacomprehensivemethodofdatacollectioninsocialresearch.
9.LocateDeviantCases.Thedeviantcasesaretheseunitswhichbehaveagainsttheproposedhypothesis.So,itlocatethese
deviantcases.Thetendencyistoignorethembutareimportantforscientificstudy.
10.FarmingQuestionnaireorSchedule.Throughcasestudymethodwecanformulateanddevelopaquestionnaireand
schedule.

Disadvantage of Case Study Method of Data Collection


Casestudymethodhasthefollowingdisadvantages

1.LimitedRepresentatives.Duetoasnarrowfocusesacasestudyhaslimitedrepresentativesandgeneralizationisimpossible.
2.NoClassification.Anyclassificationisnotpossibleduetostudyingasmallunit.
3.PossibilityofErrors.Casestudymethodmayhavetheerrorsofmemoryandjudgment.
4.SubjectiveMethod.Itisasubjectivemethodratherthanobjective.
5.NoEasyandSimple.Thismethodisverydifficultandnolaymancanconductthismethod.
6.BiasCanOccur.Duetonarrowstudythediscrimination&biascanoccursintheinvestigationofasocialunit.
7.NoFixedLimits.Thismethodisdependonsituationandhavenofixedlimitsofinvestigationoftheresearcher.
8.CostlyandTimeConsuming.Thismethodismorecostlyandtimeconsumingascomparetoothermethodsofdata
collection.

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