Research Methods

Research Methods in psychology: case studies, introspection, surveys, experiments

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Education

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• research
• methods
• psychology
• psychological
• case
• studies
• study
• introspection
• surveys
• experiments

[salman125]

Considering a 'case study' as a sample is a serious error, mostly committed by positivist mindset. Case study is a not a 'datum', and it is not a sample, which is required to generalize over a universe. Case study generalizes to a theory and there are many situations where a 'single case study' is higly reliable, and if the case is properly defined, a few good case studies can result in very solid conclusions based on deep insights of a phenomena, not achievable by other methods.

[headlessprofessor]

@salman125 See my video on sampling and you will see that a case study does fit the definition. However, a case study is a sample that is small and usually not representative.

[headlessprofessor]

@salman125 See my video on reliability and you will see that some forms of reliability can apply to a case study, and others would not. However, I do agree that some case studies can provide very rich data in terms of illustrative power.

[headlessprofessor]

@salman125 OK, most case studies are inherently qualitative and vulnerable to subjective biases.

[lizlmthotmailcom]

I am astounded at the amateur level of this video I was forced to watch for one of the classes in my MASTER"S program. For my $2000 tuition for this class, I get to watch some poorly contructed flip chart with a guy who can barely make full sentences....thanks!

[headlessprofessor]

Which University is that?

[lovelplants]

nice presentation.. very unique

[adelle0001]

salamat po sa videong ito!

[mysoukouss]

Thank you for this great review.

[nao1163]

i dont get your comment

[SonofDust777]

Plz don't mind that remark. Your videos are very good and that comment that person made was just typical youtube slander.