A psychologist wants to investigate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the cognitive rehabilitation of patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Partners of the patients will be asked to keep structured rating-scale diaries to record daily cognitive lapses, producing quantitative data.
Explain one disadvantage of obtaining quantitative data in this study.
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