Applications of case study research Vol.34

By:

Yin, Robert K

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Applied Social Research Methods SeriesPublication details: 2003 Sage Publications New DelhiEdition: 2Description: xviii,173p 21 cm ; PbkISBN:

978-0761925511

Subject(s):

Research Methodology

Contents:

Introduction PART ONE: THEORY The Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies PART TWO: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Case Study Design in Educational Research Research Design Issues in Using the Case Study Method to Study Management Information Systems PART THREE: EVALUATION The Case Study Method as a Tool for Doing Evaluation Case Study Designs for Evaluating High-Risk Youth Programs The Program Dictates the Design Lessons Learned About the Effects of Community-Based Prevention Programs Summing Up

Summary: This volume provides extensive applications of actual case-study research, as well as discussions of how case-study research can be applied to broad areas of inquiry. Each of the applications is designed to help readers identify solutions to problems encountered when doing case study research. The book is organized in three parts. Part I shows how to integrate theoretical concerns into exploratory case studies, descriptive case studies or causal case studies, and shows how theory can shape the case-selection process. Part II provides examples from education and management information systems, covering important steps in case study research, such as how to select the units of analysis, how to define the data collections.

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Introduction
PART ONE: THEORY
The Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies
PART TWO: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
Case Study Design in Educational Research
Research Design Issues in Using the Case Study Method to Study Management Information Systems
PART THREE: EVALUATION
The Case Study Method as a Tool for Doing Evaluation
Case Study Designs for Evaluating High-Risk Youth Programs
The Program Dictates the Design
Lessons Learned About the Effects of Community-Based Prevention Programs
Summing Up

This volume provides extensive applications of actual case-study research, as well as discussions of how case-study research can be applied to broad areas of inquiry. Each of the applications is designed to help readers identify solutions to problems encountered when doing case study research.

The book is organized in three parts. Part I shows how to integrate theoretical concerns into exploratory case studies, descriptive case studies or causal case studies, and shows how theory can shape the case-selection process. Part II provides examples from education and management information systems, covering important steps in case study research, such as how to select the units of analysis, how to define the data collections.

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