Describe the lilimitations of psychological enquiry

Limitations of Psychological enquiry:

1. Lack of true zero point
   Psychological measurements do not have a true zero point like physical sciences. For example, there is no zero interest, attitude or personality. So the measurements are not absolute, they are relative in nature. Sometimes ranks are also used as scores.
2. Relative nature of psychological tools
   Psychological tests, Questionnaire etc. are not universally applied; they are made for particular context. Tools developed in urban context may not be applied in rural area, also western tests and other tools may not apply elsewhere.
3. Subjective interpretation qualitative data
   The data which can't be categorized or quantified in scores or ranks, runs the risk of subjective (individual, personal) interpretation. Every researcher may give different meanings to data.

The limitations of psychological enquiry are as follows:

Lack of true zero point - Psychological measurements do not have a zero point. The scores that are assigned to individuals in psychological studies are not absolute in nature but have relative value.

Relative nature of psychological tools - Psychological tests need to be developed, modified and adapted according to the context of study. For example, test developed for urban children is not suitable and cannot be applied on tribal children.

Subjective interpretation of qualitative data - The qualitative data are largely subjective and interpretations may vary from one individual to the other.