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Associate Level Material Appendix B Research Methods List the advantages and disadvantages of the following research methods: |Research Method |Advantages |Disadvantages | |Case Study |Case studies can be a source of new ideas |Case studies are reported by biased | | |about behavior. |observers meaning, the therapist have a | | | |personal stake in seeing that their | | |Case studies also show the value of new |treatment succeeds. They choose what they | | |therapeutic techiques or unique |include in case study and their choices may| | |applications of existing techniques. |be self-serving. | | | | | | |Case studies also provide the opportunity |Case studies also rely on subjective | | |to study unsual problems that do not happen|evidence. | | |often enough to have a large number of | | | |observations. |Case studies limitation are greatly | | | |addressed by two other methods of | | | |investigation: the Correlational method and| | | |the Experimental method. They do not offer | | | |the richness of detail but do help | | | |investigators draw broad conclusions about | | | |abnormality in the population. | | | | | |Correlational Method |The correlation method has certain |Negative correlation:The value of one | | |advantages over the case study because |variable increases as the value of the | | |researchers measure their variables, |other variable decreases. | | |observe many subjects, and apply | | | |statistical analyses. They are in a better |Artifical results/human error. | | |position to generalize their correlations | | | |to people beyond the ones they studied. | | | | | | | |Reseachers are also able to repeat | | | |correlational studies on new samples of | | | |subjects so they can check the results of | | | |such studies. | | | | | | | |Can test their conclusions by statistical | | | |analysis of their data. | | |Experimental Method |In the experimental method the researchers |Artifical results, human error. | | |can gain insight into the methods of |Some results may only apply to one | | |instruction. |situation and can be difficult to try | | | |again. | | |Researchers have bias but can be | | | |reflective. |Personal bias may cause problems. | | | | | | |The researchers have control over the | | | |variables. | | Comer, R. J. (2005). Fundamentals of abnormal psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth