Advantages /Disadvantagesof Observation Techniques

• Can focus on verbal & nonverbal behavior

• Often longitudinal in scope

• Provides deeper, more insightful data of often overlooked phenomena

• Researcher observes

• Possible observer bias

• Going native

• Replication is hard

• Material is hard to quantify

• Ethical concerns

• No control over the setting

• Human limitations

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