Explain why you are not using other methods
The method described above is the most applicable to this study since I would need a closely involved study. I would not use a quantitative experimental approach since randomization is out of the question here -- this is a convenience sample. I would also like to have a rich study that operates in a real-life situation and this cannot be studied via empirical means.
I agree with Dilthey (1954) that humans, being more flexible and diverse than objects studied in a lab (animals included), cannot and should not be 'frozen' under a 'microscope' for statistical analysis and factual conclusions. Humans, not reducible to the physical world, cannot be fissured down to discrete variables. Doing so would result in ignoring the very aspects of their humanity, consequently leading to erroneous conclusions.
I also choose qualitative rather than quantitative methodology since this is longitudinal research, exploratory rather than fixed in the manner in which laboratory psychology conducts its analyses. An exploratory, ongoing approach is more reflective of the human condition, which, itself, is in a constant state of flux and development. Rather than seeking verification, the qualitative approach prides itself on being more fluid and flexible than the quantitative research in that its focus is, continuously, on the attempt to remain open to the 'newness' in the human journey and to the possibility of altering previous judgments. Humans, being multi-faceted, have to be studied in all their complex details for conclusion to be reached, and since humans interact with their environment, the environment has to be studied too. Now, since humans undergo a variety of environments in one lifetime, and since humans differ one from the other, definite scientific conclusion are ontologically impossible. Human research, consequently, has to be an ongoing process, with the scientist steeped in the other's environment in order to gain some sort of assumption (never a definite or conclusive assumption) of the why's and wherefores...
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