Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTER:-

Every one has some advantages and also disadvantages so the computer has also some advantages to those who are successfully done their work through computer and also some disadvantages to those can’t work through computer. So let’s discuss in briefly.

ADVANTAGES:-

Using computers helps to alleviate time-consuming and monotonous tasks of cutting, pasting and retrieval of field notes and many more.

Computers are a useful aid to those who have to work to tight deadlines.

Programs can cope with both multiple codes and over-lapping codes which would be very difficult for the researcher to cope with without the aid of a computer.

Some software can conduct multiple searches in which more than one code is searched much more quickly and efficiently than by the researcher.

Programs can combine codes in complex searches.

Programs can pick out instances of pre-defined categories which have been missed by the researcher during the initial analysis.

Computers can be used to help the researcher overcome ‘analysis block’.

DISADVANTAGES:-

Programs cannot understand the meaning of text.

Software can only support the intellectual processes of the researcher – they cannot be a substitute for these processes.

A computer will not recognize this.

The software might be beyond an individual’s budget.

User-error can lead to undetected mistakes or misleading results.

Using computers can lead to an over-emphasis on mechanical procedures.

The computer has no IQ.