Answer to Question #199506 in Computer Networks for Jade

Question

Strengths and weakness of case study, ethnography, ground theory, narrative inquiry and phenomenology

Answer 1

Strengths and weakness of case study

Strengths include case study; provides rich qualitative (detailed) information, provides insight for further research, and permission to investigate other unethical situations.

Weaknesses of the case study include; Time intensive, researcher bias, and inability to replicate.

Strengths and weakness of ethnography

Strengths include ethnography; provides understanding behind statistics, can help to identify and analyze unexpected issues, and captures behavior in the different contexts of everyday life.

Weaknesses of the ethnography include time-consuming, hard to generalize and surveys, and requires a well-trained researcher.

Strengths and weakness of the ground theory

Strengths include grounded theory; produces a thick description that acknowledges areas of conflict and contradiction, and is better at determining what actually happens.

Weakness of grounded theory includes; provides greater room for researcher to induced bias, presentation of research findings is not straightforward, and is time-consuming and difficult to conduct.

Strengths and weakness for narrative inquiry

Some of the strengths of narrative inquiry include narrative inquiry amplifies voices that may otherwise remain silent and allows for rich description of the experiences and experiences and exploration of the meanings.

Weaknesses include studying narratives text is by its own nature linguistically subjective.

Strengths and Weakness of phenomenology

Strength includes the phenomenological gather data which is seen as natural rather than artificial.

Some of the phenology weaknesses include more time and other resources required for data collection.