Encyclopedia of Case Study Research

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Encyclopedia of Case Study Research
October 2009 | 1152 pages | Sage US
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Case study research has a long history within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, dating back to the early 1920's. At first it was a useful way for researchers to make valid inferences from events outside the laboratory in ways consistent with the rigorous practices of investigation inside the lab. Over time, case study approaches garnered interest in multiple disciplines as scholars studied phenomena in context. Despite widespread use, case study research has received little attention among the literature on research strategies.

The Encyclopedia of Case Study Research provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case study research and explores both the strengths and weaknesses of different paradigmatic approaches. These two volumes focus on the distinctive characteristics of case study research and its place within and alongside other research methodologies.

Key Features

  • Presents a definition of case study research that can be used in different fields of study
  • Describes case study as a research strategy rather than as a single tool for decision making and inquiry
  • Guides rather than dictates, readers' understanding and applications of case study research
  • Includes a critical summary in each entry, which raises additional matters for reflection
  • Makes case study relevant to researchers at various stages of their careers, across philosophic divides, and throughout diverse disciplines

Key Themes

  • Academic Disciplines
  • Case Study Research Design
  • Conceptual Issues
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Collection
  • Methodological Approaches
  • Theoretical Traditions
  • Theory Development and Contributions

From Case Study Research

  • Types of Case Study Research

Contents

Inductivism

Inductivism

Comparative Case Method; Comparative Case Studies; Comparisons

Comparative Case Method; Comparative Case Studies; Comparisons

Constant Causal Effect Assumption

Constant Causal Effect Assumption

Quasi-Experimental Design

Quasi-Experimental Design

Random Assignment

Random Assignment

Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture

Communicative Action (Habermass)

Communicative Action (Habermass)

Discourse Ethics (Habemass)

Discourse Ethics (Habemass)

Authenticity and Bad Faith (Sartre)

Authenticity and Bad Faith (Sartre)

Existentialism

Existentialism

Pracademic

Pracademic

Storyselling

Storyselling

Case Study Research in Feminism

Case Study Research in Feminism

Integrating independent case studies

Integrating independent case studies

Re-Analysis of Previous Data

Re-Analysis of Previous Data

Critical Sensemaking

Critical Sensemaking

Formative Context

Formative Context

Codified Social Practices

Codified Social Practices

Self-Confrontation Method

Self-Confrontation Method

Gendering

Gendering

Narrative Analysis

Narrative Analysis

Storytelling

Storytelling

Isomorphism

Isomorphism

Analysis of Visual Data

Analysis of Visual Data

Quantitative Analysis in Case Studies

Quantitative Analysis in Case Studies

Statistics, Use of in Case Studies

Statistics, Use of in Case Studies

Logocentrism (Derrida)

Logocentrism (Derrida)

Writing and Difference (Derrida)

Writing and Difference (Derrida)

Institutional Theory, Old and New

Institutional Theory, Old and New

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Generalizability

Generalizability

Verstehen

Verstehen

Over-rapport

Over-rapport

Consent, Obtaining Participant

Consent, Obtaining Participant

Front Stage and Back Stage

Front Stage and Back Stage

Scientific Method

Scientific Method

Poststructuralist Feminism

Poststructuralist Feminism

Actor Network Theory

Actor Network Theory

Falsification

Falsification

Genealogy

Genealogy

Governmentality

Governmentality

Ideology

Ideology

Reflexivity

Reflexivity

Modernity

Modernity

Action-Based Data Collection

Action-Based Data Collection

Document Analysis

Document Analysis

Naturalistic Context

Naturalistic Context

Bricoleur

Bricoleur

Deviant Cases

Deviant Cases

Naturalistic Enquiry

Naturalistic Enquiry

Ethics

Ethics

Objectivity

Objectivity

Multimedia Case Studies

Multimedia Case Studies

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: ATLAS/ti

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: ATLAS/ti

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: NVIVO

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: NVIVO

Social-Interaction Theory

Social-Interaction Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Symbolic Interactionism

Computer-based analysis of qualitative data: MAXQDA2007

Computer-based analysis of qualitative data: MAXQDA2007

Families

Families

Metaphor

Metaphor

Power

Power

Symbolic Violence (Bourdieu)

Symbolic Violence (Bourdieu)

Case Study Research in Anthropology

Case Study Research in Anthropology

Auto-ethnography

Auto-ethnography

Constructivism

Constructivism

Terroir

Terroir

Contradiction

Contradiction

Researcher as Research Tool

Researcher as Research Tool

Case Study Research in Tourism

Case Study Research in Tourism

Utilization

Utilization

Single-Case Designs

Single-Case Designs

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Self-Presentation (Goffman)

Self-Presentation (Goffman)

Chicago School

Chicago School

Consciousness Raising

Consciousness Raising

Holistic Designs

Holistic Designs

Hybridity

Hybridity

Interactive Methodology (Feminist)

Interactive Methodology (Feminist)

Othering

Othering

Theoretical Saturation

Theoretical Saturation

Visual Research Methods

Visual Research Methods

Masculinity and Femininity

Masculinity and Femininity

Multimethod Research Program (case study as one part)

Multimethod Research Program (case study as one part)

Contribution, Theoretical

Contribution, Theoretical

Thick Description

Thick Description

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Poststructuralism

Poststructuralism

Sexuality

Sexuality

Authenticity

Authenticity

Cross-Case Synthesis and Analysis

Cross-Case Synthesis and Analysis

Middle-Range Theory

Middle-Range Theory

Retrospective Case Study

Retrospective Case Study

Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Reliability

Reliability

Epistemology

Epistemology

Interpretivism

Interpretivism

Ontology

Ontology

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Theory, Role of

Theory, Role of

Qualitative Analysis in Case Studies

Qualitative Analysis in Case Studies

Sampling (including sampling justification, sampling strategy, representative sample)

Sampling (including sampling justification, sampling strategy, representative sample)

Experience

Experience

Field Notes

Field Notes

Field Work

Field Work

Anonymizing Data for Secondary Use

Anonymizing Data for Secondary Use

Language—Barriers and Translation

Language—Barriers and Translation

Postpositivism

Postpositivism

Case Study Research in Political Science

Case Study Research in Political Science

Indeterminacy

Indeterminacy

Program-Logic Models

Program-Logic Models

Socialist Feminism

Socialist Feminism

Cognitive Biases

Cognitive Biases

Underdetermination

Underdetermination

Exemplary Case Design

Exemplary Case Design

Grounded Theory

Grounded Theory

Management of Impressions (Goffman)

Management of Impressions (Goffman)

Participant Observation

Participant Observation

Participatory Case Study

Participatory Case Study

Instrumental Case Study

Instrumental Case Study

Intrinsic Case Study

Intrinsic Case Study

Life History

Life History

Paradigmatic Cases

Paradigmatic Cases

Activity Theory

Activity Theory

Cross-Sectional Design

Cross-Sectional Design

Community of Practice (Lave and Wenger)

Community of Practice (Lave and Wenger)

Webs of Significance

Webs of Significance

Spiral Case Study

Spiral Case Study

Bayesian Logic and Boolean Logic

Bayesian Logic and Boolean Logic

Equifinality

Equifinality

Natural Science Model

Natural Science Model

Pragmatic/Pragmatism

Pragmatic/Pragmatism

Fiction Analysis

Fiction Analysis

Real-Time Cases

Real-Time Cases

Sensemaking

Sensemaking

Maps

Maps

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Historical Materialism

Historical Materialism

Repeated Observations

Repeated Observations

Within-Case Analysis

Within-Case Analysis

Case Study Database

Case Study Database

Case Within a Case

Case Within a Case

Case Study Research in Psychology

Case Study Research in Psychology

Communicative Framing

Communicative Framing

Conceptual Model in a Qualitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Qualitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Quantitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Quantitative Research Project

Conceptual Model: Causal Model

Conceptual Model: Causal Model

Conceptual Model: List of Criteria

Conceptual Model: List of Criteria

Research Framework (Phases)

Research Framework (Phases)

Research Objectives (Goal)

Research Objectives (Goal)

Research Questions, Types of

Research Questions, Types of

Sensitizing Concepts

Sensitizing Concepts

Structuration (Giddens)

Structuration (Giddens)

Multiple Sources of Evidence

Multiple Sources of Evidence

Native Points of View

Native Points of View

Simulacrum

Simulacrum

Dialogical Enquiry (Bakhtin)

Dialogical Enquiry (Bakhtin)

Character (Narrative Analysis)

Character (Narrative Analysis)

Narratives

Narratives

Pedagogy and Technological Integration

Pedagogy and Technological Integration

Processual Case Research

Processual Case Research

Temporal Bracketing

Temporal Bracketing

Case Studies as Teaching Tools (Specifically the Case Study Method)

Case Studies as Teaching Tools (Specifically the Case Study Method)

Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis

Situational Analysis

Situational Analysis

Complexity

Complexity

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science

Triangulation ( post-positivist)

Triangulation ( post-positivist)

Case Selection (and Screening, and Selecting Significant Case)

Case Selection (and Screening, and Selecting Significant Case)

Method of Agreement

Method of Agreement

Method of Difference

Method of Difference

Institutional Ethnography

Institutional Ethnography

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis

Langue and Parole

Langue and Parole

Signifier and Signified

Signifier and Signified

Theory Building from Case Studies

Theory Building from Case Studies

Theory Testing from Case Study Research

Theory Testing from Case Study Research

Docile Bodies

Docile Bodies

Pedagogy and Case Study (broader discussion than ‘case study method’)

Pedagogy and Case Study (broader discussion than ‘case study method’)

Archival Records as Evidence

Archival Records as Evidence

Content Analysis

Content Analysis

Abduction

Abduction

Comparing the Case Study With Other Methodologies

Comparing the Case Study With Other Methodologies

Bounding the Case

Bounding the Case

Contextualization

Contextualization

Critical Realism

Critical Realism

Limited-Depth Case Study

Limited-Depth Case Study

Factor Analysis

Factor Analysis

Multicollinearity

Multicollinearity

Iterative Nodes

Iterative Nodes

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Case Study Research in Education

Case Study Research in Education

Audio – Visual Recording

Audio – Visual Recording

Case Study Research in Public Policy

Case Study Research in Public Policy

Managerialism

Managerialism

Dialectical Materialism

Dialectical Materialism

Modes of Production

Modes of Production

Functionalism

Functionalism

Author Intentionality

Author Intentionality

Chronological Order

Chronological Order

Closure

Closure

Subject Rights

Subject Rights

Concatenated Theories

Concatenated Theories

Collective Case Study

Collective Case Study

Nonparticipant Observation

Nonparticipant Observation

Interviews

Interviews

Analytic Generalization

Analytic Generalization

Mental Framework

Mental Framework

Case Study Protocol

Case Study Protocol

Interpreting Results

Interpreting Results

Intertextuality

Intertextuality

Autobiographical Documents

Autobiographical Documents

Patriarchy

Patriarchy

Ethnographic Memoir

Ethnographic Memoir

Objectivism

Objectivism

Probabilistic Explanation

Probabilistic Explanation

Radical Empiricism

Radical Empiricism

Credibility

Credibility

Data Resources (General Entry Pointing to Several Entries)

Data Resources (General Entry Pointing to Several Entries)

Depth of Data

Depth of Data

Socially Distributed Knowledge

Socially Distributed Knowledge

Agency

Agency

Base and Superstructure

Base and Superstructure

Means of Production (Marxist)

Means of Production (Marxist)

Class Analysis

Class Analysis

Colonialism

Colonialism

Imperialism

Imperialism

Power/Knowledge

Power/Knowledge

Standpoint Analysis

Standpoint Analysis

Conceptual Argument

Conceptual Argument

Deductive-Nomological Model

Deductive-Nomological Model

Problem Formulation

Problem Formulation

Relational Analysis

Relational Analysis

Case Study and Theory

Case Study and Theory

Decentering Texts

Decentering Texts

Use of Digital Data

Use of Digital Data

Dissertation Proposal

Dissertation Proposal

Multi-Site Case Study

Multi-Site Case Study

Praxis

Praxis

Ecological Perspectives

Ecological Perspectives

Knowledge Production

Knowledge Production

Explanatory Case Studies

Explanatory Case Studies

Research Proposals

Research Proposals

Coding: Open Coding

Coding: Open Coding

Primitivism

Primitivism

Descriptive Case Studies

Descriptive Case Studies

Causal Case Studies: Explanatory Theories

Causal Case Studies: Explanatory Theories

(Medical) Decision-making under Uncertainty

(Medical) Decision-making under Uncertainty

Multidimensional Scaling

Multidimensional Scaling

Diaries and Journals

Diaries and Journals

Mixed Methods in Case Study Research

Mixed Methods in Case Study Research

Questionnaires

Questionnaires

Exploratory Case Studies

Exploratory Case Studies

Polar Types

Polar Types

Multiple Selfing (Goffman)

Multiple Selfing (Goffman)

Ordinary Troubles (Goffman)

Ordinary Troubles (Goffman)

Serendipity Pattern

Serendipity Pattern

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Reporting Case Study Research (general discussion including audiences, point to specific types of reports)

Reporting Case Study Research (general discussion including audiences, point to specific types of reports)

Case Study Surveys

Case Study Surveys

Multiple-Case Designs

Multiple-Case Designs

North American Case Research Association

North American Case Research Association

Case Study in Creativity Research

Case Study in Creativity Research

Ethnography

Ethnography

Case Study with the Elderly

Case Study with the Elderly

Layered Nature of Texts

Layered Nature of Texts

Plausibility

Plausibility

Double Hermaneutic

Double Hermaneutic

Eurocentrism

Eurocentrism

Going Native

Going Native

Cognitive Mapping

Cognitive Mapping

Documentation as Evidence

Documentation as Evidence

Researcher-Participant Relationship

Researcher-Participant Relationship

Multiple Paradigms Case Analysis

Multiple Paradigms Case Analysis

Liberal Feminism

Liberal Feminism

Radical Feminism

Radical Feminism

Audience ( Narrative Interpretation)

Audience ( Narrative Interpretation)

Intercultural Performance

Intercultural Performance

Extreme Cases

Extreme Cases

Anonymity and Confidentiality

Anonymity and Confidentiality

Contentious Issues in Case Study Research

Contentious Issues in Case Study Research

Quantitative Single Case Research Design

Quantitative Single Case Research Design

Extension of Theory

Extension of Theory

Practice-Oriented Research (broad topic to point to several other entries)

Practice-Oriented Research (broad topic to point to several other entries)

Case Study Research in Medicine

Case Study Research in Medicine

Explanation Building

Explanation Building

Scientific Realism

Scientific Realism

Systematic-Thematic Analysis

Systematic-Thematic Analysis

Critical Incident Case Studies

Critical Incident Case Studies

Subjectivity

Subjectivity

Discursive Frame

Discursive Frame

Rhetoric

Rhetoric

Case Study Research in Business Ethics

Case Study Research in Business Ethics

Case-to-Case Synthesis

Case-to-Case Synthesis

Secondary Data as Primary

Secondary Data as Primary

Direct Observation as Evidence

Direct Observation as Evidence

Diagnostic Case Study Research

Diagnostic Case Study Research

Personality Tests

Personality Tests

Naturalistic Generalization

Naturalistic Generalization

Event-Driven Research

Event-Driven Research

Outcome Driven Research

Outcome Driven Research

Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy

ANTi-History

ANTi-History

Regulating Group Mind

Regulating Group Mind

Cultural Sensitivity and Case Study

Cultural Sensitivity and Case Study

Ethnomethodology

Ethnomethodology

Frame Analysis (Goffman)

Frame Analysis (Goffman)

Before-After Case Study Designs

Before-After Case Study Designs

Informant Bias

Informant Bias

Network Analysis

Network Analysis

Negotiated Order

Negotiated Order

Process Tracing

Process Tracing

Most Different Research Design

Most Different Research Design

Sign System

Sign System

Iterative

Iterative

Performativity

Performativity

Pattern-matching analysis

Pattern-matching analysis

Replication Logic for Generalizing (Reproducibility)

Replication Logic for Generalizing (Reproducibility)

Statistical Generalization

Statistical Generalization

Substantive Theory

Substantive Theory

Symbolic Value

Symbolic Value

Reality

Reality

Extended Case Method

Extended Case Method

Prospective Case Studies

Prospective Case Studies

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: CAITA (Computer Assisted Interpretive Textual Analysis)

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: CAITA (Computer Assisted Interpretive Textual Analysis)

Configurative-Ideographic Case Study

Configurative-Ideographic Case Study

Coding: Axial Coding

Coding: Axial Coding

Number of Cases

Number of Cases

Indexicality

Indexicality

Longitudinal Research

Longitudinal Research

Genericization

Genericization

Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Overdetermination ( Althusser)

Overdetermination ( Althusser)

One-Dimensional Culture

One-Dimensional Culture

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Quick Start to Case Study Research

Quick Start to Case Study Research

Conversation Analysis

Conversation Analysis

Dasein ( Heidigger)

Dasein ( Heidigger)

Coding: Selective Coding

Coding: Selective Coding

High-quality Analysis

High-quality Analysis

Rival Explanations

Rival Explanations

Ethnostatistics

Ethnostatistics

Macrolevel Social Mechanisms

Macrolevel Social Mechanisms

Critical Theory, Technology, and Case Studies

Critical Theory, Technology, and Case Studies

Healthcare Practice and Guidelines

Healthcare Practice and Guidelines

Critical Theory

Critical Theory

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research

Case Study for the Evaluation of International Program Development

Case Study for the Evaluation of International Program Development

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: Kwalitan

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: Kwalitan

Congruence Method

Congruence Method

Pluralism and Case Study

Pluralism and Case Study

Validity

Validity

Alienation

Alienation

Re-use of Qualitative Data

Re-use of Qualitative Data

Case Study as a Methodological Approach

Case Study as a Methodological Approach

Postcolonialism

Postcolonialism

Description

Case study research has a long history within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, dating back to the early 1920's. At first it was a useful way for researchers to make valid inferences from events outside the laboratory in ways consistent with the rigorous practices of investigation inside the lab. Over time, case study approaches garnered interest in multiple disciplines as scholars studied phenomena in context. Despite widespread use, case study research has received little attention among the literature on research strategies.

The Encyclopedia of Case Study Research provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case study research and explores both the strengths and weaknesses of different paradigmatic approaches. These two volumes focus on the distinctive characteristics of case study research and its place within and alongside other research methodologies.

Key Features

  • Presents a definition of case study research that can be used in different fields of study
  • Describes case study as a research strategy rather than as a single tool for decision making and inquiry
  • Guides rather than dictates, readers' understanding and applications of case study research
  • Includes a critical summary in each entry, which raises additional matters for reflection
  • Makes case study relevant to researchers at various stages of their careers, across philosophic divides, and throughout diverse disciplines

Key Themes

  • Academic Disciplines
  • Case Study Research Design
  • Conceptual Issues
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Collection
  • Methodological Approaches
  • Theoretical Traditions
  • Theory Development and Contributions

From Case Study Research

  • Types of Case Study Research

Contents

Inductivism

Inductivism

Comparative Case Method; Comparative Case Studies; Comparisons

Comparative Case Method; Comparative Case Studies; Comparisons

Constant Causal Effect Assumption

Constant Causal Effect Assumption

Quasi-Experimental Design

Quasi-Experimental Design

Random Assignment

Random Assignment

Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture

Communicative Action (Habermass)

Communicative Action (Habermass)

Discourse Ethics (Habemass)

Discourse Ethics (Habemass)

Authenticity and Bad Faith (Sartre)

Authenticity and Bad Faith (Sartre)

Existentialism

Existentialism

Pracademic

Pracademic

Storyselling

Storyselling

Case Study Research in Feminism

Case Study Research in Feminism

Integrating independent case studies

Integrating independent case studies

Re-Analysis of Previous Data

Re-Analysis of Previous Data

Critical Sensemaking

Critical Sensemaking

Formative Context

Formative Context

Codified Social Practices

Codified Social Practices

Self-Confrontation Method

Self-Confrontation Method

Gendering

Gendering

Narrative Analysis

Narrative Analysis

Storytelling

Storytelling

Isomorphism

Isomorphism

Analysis of Visual Data

Analysis of Visual Data

Quantitative Analysis in Case Studies

Quantitative Analysis in Case Studies

Statistics, Use of in Case Studies

Statistics, Use of in Case Studies

Logocentrism (Derrida)

Logocentrism (Derrida)

Writing and Difference (Derrida)

Writing and Difference (Derrida)

Institutional Theory, Old and New

Institutional Theory, Old and New

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Generalizability

Generalizability

Verstehen

Verstehen

Over-rapport

Over-rapport

Consent, Obtaining Participant

Consent, Obtaining Participant

Front Stage and Back Stage

Front Stage and Back Stage

Scientific Method

Scientific Method

Poststructuralist Feminism

Poststructuralist Feminism

Actor Network Theory

Actor Network Theory

Falsification

Falsification

Genealogy

Genealogy

Governmentality

Governmentality

Ideology

Ideology

Reflexivity

Reflexivity

Modernity

Modernity

Action-Based Data Collection

Action-Based Data Collection

Document Analysis

Document Analysis

Naturalistic Context

Naturalistic Context

Bricoleur

Bricoleur

Deviant Cases

Deviant Cases

Naturalistic Enquiry

Naturalistic Enquiry

Ethics

Ethics

Objectivity

Objectivity

Multimedia Case Studies

Multimedia Case Studies

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: ATLAS/ti

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: ATLAS/ti

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: NVIVO

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: NVIVO

Social-Interaction Theory

Social-Interaction Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Symbolic Interactionism

Computer-based analysis of qualitative data: MAXQDA2007

Computer-based analysis of qualitative data: MAXQDA2007

Families

Families

Metaphor

Metaphor

Power

Power

Symbolic Violence (Bourdieu)

Symbolic Violence (Bourdieu)

Case Study Research in Anthropology

Case Study Research in Anthropology

Auto-ethnography

Auto-ethnography

Constructivism

Constructivism

Terroir

Terroir

Contradiction

Contradiction

Researcher as Research Tool

Researcher as Research Tool

Case Study Research in Tourism

Case Study Research in Tourism

Utilization

Utilization

Single-Case Designs

Single-Case Designs

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Self-Presentation (Goffman)

Self-Presentation (Goffman)

Chicago School

Chicago School

Consciousness Raising

Consciousness Raising

Holistic Designs

Holistic Designs

Hybridity

Hybridity

Interactive Methodology (Feminist)

Interactive Methodology (Feminist)

Othering

Othering

Theoretical Saturation

Theoretical Saturation

Visual Research Methods

Visual Research Methods

Masculinity and Femininity

Masculinity and Femininity

Multimethod Research Program (case study as one part)

Multimethod Research Program (case study as one part)

Contribution, Theoretical

Contribution, Theoretical

Thick Description

Thick Description

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Poststructuralism

Poststructuralism

Sexuality

Sexuality

Authenticity

Authenticity

Cross-Case Synthesis and Analysis

Cross-Case Synthesis and Analysis

Middle-Range Theory

Middle-Range Theory

Retrospective Case Study

Retrospective Case Study

Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Reliability

Reliability

Epistemology

Epistemology

Interpretivism

Interpretivism

Ontology

Ontology

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Theory, Role of

Theory, Role of

Qualitative Analysis in Case Studies

Qualitative Analysis in Case Studies

Sampling (including sampling justification, sampling strategy, representative sample)

Sampling (including sampling justification, sampling strategy, representative sample)

Experience

Experience

Field Notes

Field Notes

Field Work

Field Work

Anonymizing Data for Secondary Use

Anonymizing Data for Secondary Use

Language—Barriers and Translation

Language—Barriers and Translation

Postpositivism

Postpositivism

Case Study Research in Political Science

Case Study Research in Political Science

Indeterminacy

Indeterminacy

Program-Logic Models

Program-Logic Models

Socialist Feminism

Socialist Feminism

Cognitive Biases

Cognitive Biases

Underdetermination

Underdetermination

Exemplary Case Design

Exemplary Case Design

Grounded Theory

Grounded Theory

Management of Impressions (Goffman)

Management of Impressions (Goffman)

Participant Observation

Participant Observation

Participatory Case Study

Participatory Case Study

Instrumental Case Study

Instrumental Case Study

Intrinsic Case Study

Intrinsic Case Study

Life History

Life History

Paradigmatic Cases

Paradigmatic Cases

Activity Theory

Activity Theory

Cross-Sectional Design

Cross-Sectional Design

Community of Practice (Lave and Wenger)

Community of Practice (Lave and Wenger)

Webs of Significance

Webs of Significance

Spiral Case Study

Spiral Case Study

Bayesian Logic and Boolean Logic

Bayesian Logic and Boolean Logic

Equifinality

Equifinality

Natural Science Model

Natural Science Model

Pragmatic/Pragmatism

Pragmatic/Pragmatism

Fiction Analysis

Fiction Analysis

Real-Time Cases

Real-Time Cases

Sensemaking

Sensemaking

Maps

Maps

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Historical Materialism

Historical Materialism

Repeated Observations

Repeated Observations

Within-Case Analysis

Within-Case Analysis

Case Study Database

Case Study Database

Case Within a Case

Case Within a Case

Case Study Research in Psychology

Case Study Research in Psychology

Communicative Framing

Communicative Framing

Conceptual Model in a Qualitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Qualitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Quantitative Research Project

Conceptual Model in a Quantitative Research Project

Conceptual Model: Causal Model

Conceptual Model: Causal Model

Conceptual Model: List of Criteria

Conceptual Model: List of Criteria

Research Framework (Phases)

Research Framework (Phases)

Research Objectives (Goal)

Research Objectives (Goal)

Research Questions, Types of

Research Questions, Types of

Sensitizing Concepts

Sensitizing Concepts

Structuration (Giddens)

Structuration (Giddens)

Multiple Sources of Evidence

Multiple Sources of Evidence

Native Points of View

Native Points of View

Simulacrum

Simulacrum

Dialogical Enquiry (Bakhtin)

Dialogical Enquiry (Bakhtin)

Character (Narrative Analysis)

Character (Narrative Analysis)

Narratives

Narratives

Pedagogy and Technological Integration

Pedagogy and Technological Integration

Processual Case Research

Processual Case Research

Temporal Bracketing

Temporal Bracketing

Case Studies as Teaching Tools (Specifically the Case Study Method)

Case Studies as Teaching Tools (Specifically the Case Study Method)

Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis

Situational Analysis

Situational Analysis

Complexity

Complexity

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science

Triangulation ( post-positivist)

Triangulation ( post-positivist)

Case Selection (and Screening, and Selecting Significant Case)

Case Selection (and Screening, and Selecting Significant Case)

Method of Agreement

Method of Agreement

Method of Difference

Method of Difference

Institutional Ethnography

Institutional Ethnography

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis

Langue and Parole

Langue and Parole

Signifier and Signified

Signifier and Signified

Theory Building from Case Studies

Theory Building from Case Studies

Theory Testing from Case Study Research

Theory Testing from Case Study Research

Docile Bodies

Docile Bodies

Pedagogy and Case Study (broader discussion than ‘case study method’)

Pedagogy and Case Study (broader discussion than ‘case study method’)

Archival Records as Evidence

Archival Records as Evidence

Content Analysis

Content Analysis

Abduction

Abduction

Comparing the Case Study With Other Methodologies

Comparing the Case Study With Other Methodologies

Bounding the Case

Bounding the Case

Contextualization

Contextualization

Critical Realism

Critical Realism

Limited-Depth Case Study

Limited-Depth Case Study

Factor Analysis

Factor Analysis

Multicollinearity

Multicollinearity

Iterative Nodes

Iterative Nodes

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Case Study Research in Education

Case Study Research in Education

Audio – Visual Recording

Audio – Visual Recording

Case Study Research in Public Policy

Case Study Research in Public Policy

Managerialism

Managerialism

Dialectical Materialism

Dialectical Materialism

Modes of Production

Modes of Production

Functionalism

Functionalism

Author Intentionality

Author Intentionality

Chronological Order

Chronological Order

Closure

Closure

Subject Rights

Subject Rights

Concatenated Theories

Concatenated Theories

Collective Case Study

Collective Case Study

Nonparticipant Observation

Nonparticipant Observation

Interviews

Interviews

Analytic Generalization

Analytic Generalization

Mental Framework

Mental Framework

Case Study Protocol

Case Study Protocol

Interpreting Results

Interpreting Results

Intertextuality

Intertextuality

Autobiographical Documents

Autobiographical Documents

Patriarchy

Patriarchy

Ethnographic Memoir

Ethnographic Memoir

Objectivism

Objectivism

Probabilistic Explanation

Probabilistic Explanation

Radical Empiricism

Radical Empiricism

Credibility

Credibility

Data Resources (General Entry Pointing to Several Entries)

Data Resources (General Entry Pointing to Several Entries)

Depth of Data

Depth of Data

Socially Distributed Knowledge

Socially Distributed Knowledge

Agency

Agency

Base and Superstructure

Base and Superstructure

Means of Production (Marxist)

Means of Production (Marxist)

Class Analysis

Class Analysis

Colonialism

Colonialism

Imperialism

Imperialism

Power/Knowledge

Power/Knowledge

Standpoint Analysis

Standpoint Analysis

Conceptual Argument

Conceptual Argument

Deductive-Nomological Model

Deductive-Nomological Model

Problem Formulation

Problem Formulation

Relational Analysis

Relational Analysis

Case Study and Theory

Case Study and Theory

Decentering Texts

Decentering Texts

Use of Digital Data

Use of Digital Data

Dissertation Proposal

Dissertation Proposal

Multi-Site Case Study

Multi-Site Case Study

Praxis

Praxis

Ecological Perspectives

Ecological Perspectives

Knowledge Production

Knowledge Production

Explanatory Case Studies

Explanatory Case Studies

Research Proposals

Research Proposals

Coding: Open Coding

Coding: Open Coding

Primitivism

Primitivism

Descriptive Case Studies

Descriptive Case Studies

Causal Case Studies: Explanatory Theories

Causal Case Studies: Explanatory Theories

(Medical) Decision-making under Uncertainty

(Medical) Decision-making under Uncertainty

Multidimensional Scaling

Multidimensional Scaling

Diaries and Journals

Diaries and Journals

Mixed Methods in Case Study Research

Mixed Methods in Case Study Research

Questionnaires

Questionnaires

Exploratory Case Studies

Exploratory Case Studies

Polar Types

Polar Types

Multiple Selfing (Goffman)

Multiple Selfing (Goffman)

Ordinary Troubles (Goffman)

Ordinary Troubles (Goffman)

Serendipity Pattern

Serendipity Pattern

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Reporting Case Study Research (general discussion including audiences, point to specific types of reports)

Reporting Case Study Research (general discussion including audiences, point to specific types of reports)

Case Study Surveys

Case Study Surveys

Multiple-Case Designs

Multiple-Case Designs

North American Case Research Association

North American Case Research Association

Case Study in Creativity Research

Case Study in Creativity Research

Ethnography

Ethnography

Case Study with the Elderly

Case Study with the Elderly

Layered Nature of Texts

Layered Nature of Texts

Plausibility

Plausibility

Double Hermaneutic

Double Hermaneutic

Eurocentrism

Eurocentrism

Going Native

Going Native

Cognitive Mapping

Cognitive Mapping

Documentation as Evidence

Documentation as Evidence

Researcher-Participant Relationship

Researcher-Participant Relationship

Multiple Paradigms Case Analysis

Multiple Paradigms Case Analysis

Liberal Feminism

Liberal Feminism

Radical Feminism

Radical Feminism

Audience ( Narrative Interpretation)

Audience ( Narrative Interpretation)

Intercultural Performance

Intercultural Performance

Extreme Cases

Extreme Cases

Anonymity and Confidentiality

Anonymity and Confidentiality

Contentious Issues in Case Study Research

Contentious Issues in Case Study Research

Quantitative Single Case Research Design

Quantitative Single Case Research Design

Extension of Theory

Extension of Theory

Practice-Oriented Research (broad topic to point to several other entries)

Practice-Oriented Research (broad topic to point to several other entries)

Case Study Research in Medicine

Case Study Research in Medicine

Explanation Building

Explanation Building

Scientific Realism

Scientific Realism

Systematic-Thematic Analysis

Systematic-Thematic Analysis

Critical Incident Case Studies

Critical Incident Case Studies

Subjectivity

Subjectivity

Discursive Frame

Discursive Frame

Rhetoric

Rhetoric

Case Study Research in Business Ethics

Case Study Research in Business Ethics

Case-to-Case Synthesis

Case-to-Case Synthesis

Secondary Data as Primary

Secondary Data as Primary

Direct Observation as Evidence

Direct Observation as Evidence

Diagnostic Case Study Research

Diagnostic Case Study Research

Personality Tests

Personality Tests

Naturalistic Generalization

Naturalistic Generalization

Event-Driven Research

Event-Driven Research

Outcome Driven Research

Outcome Driven Research

Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy

ANTi-History

ANTi-History

Regulating Group Mind

Regulating Group Mind

Cultural Sensitivity and Case Study

Cultural Sensitivity and Case Study

Ethnomethodology

Ethnomethodology

Frame Analysis (Goffman)

Frame Analysis (Goffman)

Before-After Case Study Designs

Before-After Case Study Designs

Informant Bias

Informant Bias

Network Analysis

Network Analysis

Negotiated Order

Negotiated Order

Process Tracing

Process Tracing

Most Different Research Design

Most Different Research Design

Sign System

Sign System

Iterative

Iterative

Performativity

Performativity

Pattern-matching analysis

Pattern-matching analysis

Replication Logic for Generalizing (Reproducibility)

Replication Logic for Generalizing (Reproducibility)

Statistical Generalization

Statistical Generalization

Substantive Theory

Substantive Theory

Symbolic Value

Symbolic Value

Reality

Reality

Extended Case Method

Extended Case Method

Prospective Case Studies

Prospective Case Studies

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: CAITA (Computer Assisted Interpretive Textual Analysis)

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: CAITA (Computer Assisted Interpretive Textual Analysis)

Configurative-Ideographic Case Study

Configurative-Ideographic Case Study

Coding: Axial Coding

Coding: Axial Coding

Number of Cases

Number of Cases

Indexicality

Indexicality

Longitudinal Research

Longitudinal Research

Genericization

Genericization

Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Overdetermination ( Althusser)

Overdetermination ( Althusser)

One-Dimensional Culture

One-Dimensional Culture

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Quick Start to Case Study Research

Quick Start to Case Study Research

Conversation Analysis

Conversation Analysis

Dasein ( Heidigger)

Dasein ( Heidigger)

Coding: Selective Coding

Coding: Selective Coding

High-quality Analysis

High-quality Analysis

Rival Explanations

Rival Explanations

Ethnostatistics

Ethnostatistics

Macrolevel Social Mechanisms

Macrolevel Social Mechanisms

Critical Theory, Technology, and Case Studies

Critical Theory, Technology, and Case Studies

Healthcare Practice and Guidelines

Healthcare Practice and Guidelines

Critical Theory

Critical Theory

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research

Case Study for the Evaluation of International Program Development

Case Study for the Evaluation of International Program Development

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: Kwalitan

Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: Kwalitan

Congruence Method

Congruence Method

Pluralism and Case Study

Pluralism and Case Study

Validity

Validity

Alienation

Alienation

Re-use of Qualitative Data

Re-use of Qualitative Data

Case Study as a Methodological Approach

Case Study as a Methodological Approach

Postcolonialism

Postcolonialism

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Encyclopedia of Case Study Research


October 2009 | 1152 pages | Sage US

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Case study research has a long history within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, dating back to the early 1920's. At first it was a useful way for researchers to make valid inferences from events outside the laboratory in ways consistent with the rigorous practices of investigation inside the lab. Over time, case study approaches garnered interest in multiple disciplines as scholars studied phenomena in context. Despite widespread use, case study research has received little attention among the literature on research strategies.

The Encyclopedia of Case Study Research provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case study research and explores both the strengths and weaknesses of different paradigmatic approaches. These two volumes focus on the distinctive characteristics of case study research and its place within and alongside other research methodologies.

Key Features

  • Presents a definition of case study research that can be used in different fields of study
  • Describes case study as a research strategy rather than as a single tool for decision making and inquiry
  • Guides rather than dictates, readers' understanding and applications of case study research
  • Includes a critical summary in each entry, which raises additional matters for reflection
  • Makes case study relevant to researchers at various stages of their careers, across philosophic divides, and throughout diverse disciplines

Key Themes

  • Academic Disciplines
  • Case Study Research Design
  • Conceptual Issues
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Collection
  • Methodological Approaches
  • Theoretical Traditions
  • Theory Development and Contributions

From Case Study Research

  • Types of Case Study Research

Table Of Contents:

  • Inductivism
  • Comparative Case Method; Comparative Case Studies; Comparisons
  • Constant Causal Effect Assumption
  • Quasi-Experimental Design
  • Random Assignment
  • Organizational Culture
  • Communicative Action (Habermass)
  • Discourse Ethics (Habemass)
  • Authenticity and Bad Faith (Sartre)
  • Existentialism
  • Pracademic
  • Storyselling
  • Case Study Research in Feminism
  • Integrating independent case studies
  • Re-Analysis of Previous Data
  • Critical Sensemaking
  • Formative Context
  • Codified Social Practices
  • Self-Confrontation Method
  • Gendering
  • Narrative Analysis
  • Storytelling
  • Isomorphism
  • Analysis of Visual Data
  • Quantitative Analysis in Case Studies
  • Statistics, Use of in Case Studies
  • Logocentrism (Derrida)
  • Writing and Difference (Derrida)
  • Institutional Theory, Old and New
  • Deconstruction
  • Generalizability
  • Verstehen
  • Over-rapport
  • Consent, Obtaining Participant
  • Front Stage and Back Stage
  • Scientific Method
  • Poststructuralist Feminism
  • Actor Network Theory
  • Falsification
  • Genealogy
  • Governmentality
  • Ideology
  • Reflexivity
  • Modernity
  • Action-Based Data Collection
  • Document Analysis
  • Naturalistic Context
  • Bricoleur
  • Deviant Cases
  • Naturalistic Enquiry
  • Ethics
  • Objectivity
  • Multimedia Case Studies
  • Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: ATLAS/ti
  • Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: NVIVO
  • Social-Interaction Theory
  • Symbolic Interactionism
  • Computer-based analysis of qualitative data: MAXQDA2007
  • Families
  • Metaphor
  • Power
  • Symbolic Violence (Bourdieu)
  • Case Study Research in Anthropology
  • Auto-ethnography
  • Constructivism
  • Terroir
  • Contradiction
  • Researcher as Research Tool
  • Case Study Research in Tourism
  • Utilization
  • Single-Case Designs
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Self-Presentation (Goffman)
  • Chicago School
  • Consciousness Raising
  • Holistic Designs
  • Hybridity
  • Interactive Methodology (Feminist)
  • Othering
  • Theoretical Saturation
  • Visual Research Methods
  • Masculinity and Femininity
  • Multimethod Research Program (case study as one part)
  • Contribution, Theoretical
  • Thick Description
  • Postmodernism
  • Poststructuralism
  • Sexuality
  • Authenticity
  • Cross-Case Synthesis and Analysis
  • Middle-Range Theory
  • Retrospective Case Study
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Epistemology
  • Interpretivism
  • Ontology
  • Phenomenology
  • Theory, Role of
  • Qualitative Analysis in Case Studies
  • Sampling (including sampling justification, sampling strategy, representative sample)
  • Experience
  • Field Notes
  • Field Work
  • Anonymizing Data for Secondary Use
  • Language—Barriers and Translation
  • Postpositivism
  • Case Study Research in Political Science
  • Indeterminacy
  • Program-Logic Models
  • Socialist Feminism
  • Cognitive Biases
  • Underdetermination
  • Exemplary Case Design
  • Grounded Theory
  • Management of Impressions (Goffman)
  • Participant Observation
  • Participatory Case Study
  • Instrumental Case Study
  • Intrinsic Case Study
  • Life History
  • Paradigmatic Cases
  • Activity Theory
  • Cross-Sectional Design
  • Community of Practice (Lave and Wenger)
  • Webs of Significance
  • Spiral Case Study
  • Bayesian Logic and Boolean Logic
  • Equifinality
  • Natural Science Model
  • Pragmatic/Pragmatism
  • Fiction Analysis
  • Real-Time Cases
  • Sensemaking
  • Maps
  • Utilitarianism
  • Historical Materialism
  • Repeated Observations
  • Within-Case Analysis
  • Case Study Database
  • Case Within a Case
  • Case Study Research in Psychology
  • Communicative Framing
  • Conceptual Model in a Qualitative Research Project
  • Conceptual Model in a Quantitative Research Project
  • Conceptual Model: Causal Model
  • Conceptual Model: List of Criteria
  • Research Framework (Phases)
  • Research Objectives (Goal)
  • Research Questions, Types of
  • Sensitizing Concepts
  • Structuration (Giddens)
  • Multiple Sources of Evidence
  • Native Points of View
  • Simulacrum
  • Dialogical Enquiry (Bakhtin)
  • Character (Narrative Analysis)
  • Narratives
  • Pedagogy and Technological Integration
  • Processual Case Research
  • Temporal Bracketing
  • Case Studies as Teaching Tools (Specifically the Case Study Method)
  • Textual Analysis
  • Situational Analysis
  • Complexity
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Triangulation ( post-positivist)
  • Case Selection (and Screening, and Selecting Significant Case)
  • Method of Agreement
  • Method of Difference
  • Institutional Ethnography
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Langue and Parole
  • Signifier and Signified
  • Theory Building from Case Studies
  • Theory Testing from Case Study Research
  • Docile Bodies
  • Pedagogy and Case Study (broader discussion than ‘case study method’)
  • Archival Records as Evidence
  • Content Analysis
  • Abduction
  • Comparing the Case Study With Other Methodologies
  • Bounding the Case
  • Contextualization
  • Critical Realism
  • Limited-Depth Case Study
  • Factor Analysis
  • Multicollinearity
  • Iterative Nodes
  • Hypothesis
  • Case Study Research in Education
  • Audio – Visual Recording
  • Case Study Research in Public Policy
  • Managerialism
  • Dialectical Materialism
  • Modes of Production
  • Functionalism
  • Author Intentionality
  • Chronological Order
  • Closure
  • Subject Rights
  • Concatenated Theories
  • Collective Case Study
  • Nonparticipant Observation
  • Interviews
  • Analytic Generalization
  • Mental Framework
  • Case Study Protocol
  • Interpreting Results
  • Intertextuality
  • Autobiographical Documents
  • Patriarchy
  • Ethnographic Memoir
  • Objectivism
  • Probabilistic Explanation
  • Radical Empiricism
  • Credibility
  • Data Resources (General Entry Pointing to Several Entries)
  • Depth of Data
  • Socially Distributed Knowledge
  • Agency
  • Base and Superstructure
  • Means of Production (Marxist)
  • Class Analysis
  • Colonialism
  • Imperialism
  • Power/Knowledge
  • Standpoint Analysis
  • Conceptual Argument
  • Deductive-Nomological Model
  • Problem Formulation
  • Relational Analysis
  • Case Study and Theory
  • Decentering Texts
  • Use of Digital Data
  • Dissertation Proposal
  • Multi-Site Case Study
  • Praxis
  • Ecological Perspectives
  • Knowledge Production
  • Explanatory Case Studies
  • Research Proposals
  • Coding: Open Coding
  • Primitivism
  • Descriptive Case Studies
  • Causal Case Studies: Explanatory Theories
  • (Medical) Decision-making under Uncertainty
  • Multidimensional Scaling
  • Diaries and Journals
  • Mixed Methods in Case Study Research
  • Questionnaires
  • Exploratory Case Studies
  • Polar Types
  • Multiple Selfing (Goffman)
  • Ordinary Troubles (Goffman)
  • Serendipity Pattern
  • Case Study Research in Business and Management
  • Reporting Case Study Research (general discussion including audiences, point to specific types of reports)
  • Case Study Surveys
  • Multiple-Case Designs
  • North American Case Research Association
  • Case Study in Creativity Research
  • Ethnography
  • Case Study with the Elderly
  • Layered Nature of Texts
  • Plausibility
  • Double Hermaneutic
  • Eurocentrism
  • Going Native
  • Cognitive Mapping
  • Documentation as Evidence
  • Researcher-Participant Relationship
  • Multiple Paradigms Case Analysis
  • Liberal Feminism
  • Radical Feminism
  • Audience ( Narrative Interpretation)
  • Intercultural Performance
  • Extreme Cases
  • Anonymity and Confidentiality
  • Contentious Issues in Case Study Research
  • Quantitative Single Case Research Design
  • Extension of Theory
  • Practice-Oriented Research (broad topic to point to several other entries)
  • Case Study Research in Medicine
  • Explanation Building
  • Scientific Realism
  • Systematic-Thematic Analysis
  • Critical Incident Case Studies
  • Subjectivity
  • Discursive Frame
  • Rhetoric
  • Case Study Research in Business Ethics
  • Case-to-Case Synthesis
  • Secondary Data as Primary
  • Direct Observation as Evidence
  • Diagnostic Case Study Research
  • Personality Tests
  • Naturalistic Generalization
  • Event-Driven Research
  • Outcome Driven Research
  • Dramaturgy
  • ANTi-History
  • Regulating Group Mind
  • Cultural Sensitivity and Case Study
  • Ethnomethodology
  • Frame Analysis (Goffman)
  • Before-After Case Study Designs
  • Informant Bias
  • Network Analysis
  • Negotiated Order
  • Process Tracing
  • Most Different Research Design
  • Sign System
  • Iterative
  • Performativity
  • Pattern-matching analysis
  • Replication Logic for Generalizing (Reproducibility)
  • Statistical Generalization
  • Substantive Theory
  • Symbolic Value
  • Reality
  • Extended Case Method
  • Prospective Case Studies
  • Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: CAITA (Computer Assisted Interpretive Textual Analysis)
  • Configurative-Ideographic Case Study
  • Coding: Axial Coding
  • Number of Cases
  • Indexicality
  • Longitudinal Research
  • Genericization
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis
  • Overdetermination ( Althusser)
  • One-Dimensional Culture
  • Hermeneutics
  • Quick Start to Case Study Research
  • Conversation Analysis
  • Dasein ( Heidigger)
  • Coding: Selective Coding
  • High-quality Analysis
  • Rival Explanations
  • Ethnostatistics
  • Macrolevel Social Mechanisms
  • Critical Theory, Technology, and Case Studies
  • Healthcare Practice and Guidelines
  • Critical Theory
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Case Study for the Evaluation of International Program Development
  • Computer-Based Analysis of Qualitative Data: Kwalitan
  • Congruence Method
  • Pluralism and Case Study
  • Validity
  • Alienation
  • Re-use of Qualitative Data
  • Case Study as a Methodological Approach
  • Postcolonialism

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