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Contentvfmethodvfofvfquantifyingvfdatavf-vfanswer--
Throughvfcodingvfunitsvfofvfcategorisingvfmaterial
+easevfofvfapplication,cheap,vfreliable
-flawedvfresults,vflac,vfcasualty
Thematicvfanalysisvf-vfanswer--+reportingvfinvfpatternsvfinvfdata
1.vfFamiliarisingvfwithvfdata
2.vfCoding-generatingvfdata
3.vfSearchingvfforvfthemes
4.vfReviewingvfthemes
5.vfDefining+namingvfthemes
6.vfWritingvfup
Whatvfarevfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--Invfdepthvfinvestigationsvfofvfonevfindividual/
smallvfgroup
Evaluationvfofvfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--+richvfinvfdetail-acknowledgesvfhumanvfdiversity
+onlyvfpossiblevfmethodvftovfuse-sensitivevftopicsvftovfbevfexplored
-notvfavfrepresentative
-researchervfbias
-reliancevfonvfmemory
Koluchova(1972)vf-vfanswer--
Researchedvftwinvfboysvfaftervftheirvfbiologicalvfmothervfdiedvfaftervfbirth
Theirvfstepmothervflockedvfthemvfinvfavfcagevfforvf5vf1/2vfyears-
theyvfwerevfunderdeveloped
Butvfwerevfadoptedvfandvfasvfadultsvffunctionedvfnormally
Milnervfeatvfal(1957)vf-vfanswer--HMvfsufferedvffromvfseverevfepilepsy
Doctorsvfremovedvfpartsvfofvfhisvfbrain
Hevfsufferedvfmemoryvfloss-CouldvfformvfSTMvfbutvfnotvfLTM
Freud(1909)vf-vfanswer--LittlevfHans-
Freudvfinterpretedvfhisvfbehaviourvfofvfhorsesvfrovfhisvfbeliefvfthatvfthevfchildvfwasvfsufferingv
ffromvfthevfOedipusvfcomplex-asvfhevfwasvfhostilevftowardsvfhisvffather
Correlationsvf-vfanswer--Analysisvfofvfrelationshipsvfinvfbetweenvfcovfvariables
+allowsvfresearchervftovfinvestigatevfsituations
-
doesvfprovevfcausation,vfaffectedvfbyvfsamplevfsize,vfisn'tvfreliablevfonvfcausevfandvfeffect,vf
doesn'tvfworkvfforvfcurvilinearvfrelationships
Typesvfofvfstudies-longitudinalvf-vfanswer--Overvfavflongvfperiodvfofvftime