ADVAN and DISADVAN

• Advantages


  ●It provides a richer and deeper understanding of the phenomenon.
• Advantage


  ●Participants can provide deeper, more detailed, and specific answers to the questions.
• Advantage


  ●Findings are generalizable and reflective of the population due to the large number of participants.
• Advantages


  ●Use of statistical methods in the collection and analysis of data gives validity and reliability to the findings.
• Disadvantage


  ●Number of participants (sample size) is smaller compared to quantitative research.
• Disadvantage


  ●Narrative findings from a small number of participants are not generalizable for the whole population.
• Disadvantage


  ●Depth of the answers of the participants is limited due to the large sample size and the use of closed-ended questions.
• Disadvantage


  ●Data expressed as numbers may not always capture the complexities of the phenomenon under study.