| Research Method | Description | Advantages | Disadvantages | Disciplines preferred by | 
|---|
| Case Studies | An observation of an indiviual or group over a peroid of time. | Easier to test with larger sample sizes | Inability to replicate 
 Researcher bias
 
 Cannot determine causation
 | Social Sciences | 
|  | A test to see how two factors are related | Everything is isolated and replicable 
 More accurate and unbiased
 | Harder to create large sample sizes 
 
 | natural sciences | 
| Interview | A conversation between 2 or more people with a question line | More personal results | Hard to scale up | Psych | 
| Survey | A form/questionnaire that is generally sent to a large group | very easy to scale  up to 100s or millions of results | Less personal results | Psych | 
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Which research method
- Survey or case study
- case study
- Experiment
- Survey
- Case study
- Case study / Experiment
Experiments
- Used to find cause and effect
Participant Observation
The (anthropologist generally) lives with the group/individual
Case study
Survey
Gets percentage data
- Easily scaled
- Less bias
- can be anonymous
Ethics
Do no harm