Your textbook describes several advantages and disadvantages of the case study research method, which are listed below:Advantages
- A Source of Ideas about Behavior
- An Opportunity for Clinical Innovation
- A Method to Study Rare Phenomena
- A Method for Challenging to Theoretical Assumptions
- A Method for Providing Tentative Support for a Psychological Theory
Disadvantages
- Difficulty of Drawing Cause-Effect Conclusions
- Potential Sources of Bias
- Problems of Generalizing from a Single Individual
