Use your knowledge of the case study and naturalistic observation to show why they are better devices for identifying important topics for further study rather than being designs that allow for theory building and testing.

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The Answer is Answers will vary but should contain the following for full credit.
--Both are examples of descriptive research designs (identifying and organizing information about general patterns of behaviours)rather than examples of either predictive (i.e. ,correlational)or causal (i.e. ,experimental)designs.
--Both lack important elements of more complex designs that allow theory testing (lack of controls,inability in most cases to separate elements to allow greater understanding of what is necessary and what is not for a behaviour to occur,studying a few people that may not be representative of larger population).
--Direct interaction by researcher with people may strongly influence the data they provide to us (which is often minimized by other methods).

Use Your Knowledge of the Case Study and Naturalistic Observation