CASE STUDIES

• What is a case study:?

  a detailed examination of one specific case, usually one person
• what methods are used for a case study?

  variety of methods such as experiments, self-report or observations
• What are the strengths of case studies?

  ecological validity

  able to investigate a situation that couldn't be done for ethical reasons
• what are the weaknesses of case studies?

  hard to generalise to everyone