Abnormal Psychology, the science and treatment of psychological disorders by A. M. Kring, S. L. Johnson, G. C. Davison and J. M. Neale (thirteenth edition) – Chapter 4
The goal of exploratory research is to disprove hypotheses, generate hypotheses and getting rich descriptions. Qualitative research is primarily exploratory research. The limitations of qualitative research are generalizability (1), causality (2) and biases (3). The solution to the problem of generalizability is using correlational studies. The solution to the problem of causality is conducting experiments and longitudinal studies.
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