3.12 Limitations and Delimitations

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This section describes the threats/challenges of the study that are most likely to affect its internal validity or rigor (limitations) and its external validity and scope of the study (delimitations).

Limitations are influences that the researcher cannot control, but that might affect methodology and conclusions. Delimitations are choices made by the researcher that impact the scope of  the study.

The limitations and delimitations section is approximately 1 page in length.