Case study

A case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case (or cases) within a real-world context.[1][2] For example, case studies in medicine may focus on an individual patient or ailment; case studies in business might cover a particular firm's strategy or a broader market; similarly, case studies in politics can range from a narrow happening over time like the operations of a specific political campaign, to an enormous undertaking like world war, or more often the policy analysis of real-world problems affecting multiple stakeholders.

Generally, a case study can highlight nearly any individual, group, organization, event, belief system, or action. A case study does not necessarily have to be one observation (N=1), but may include many observations (one or multiple individuals and entities across multiple time periods, all within the same case study).[3][4][5][6] Research projects involving numerous cases are frequently called cross-case research, whereas a study of a single case is called within-case research.[5][7]

Case study research has been extensively practiced in both the social and natural sciences.[8][9]: 5–6 [10][11]

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  2. ^ Feagin, Joe R.; Orum, Anthony M.; Sjoberg, Gideon (1991). A Case for the case study. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-1973-5. OCLC 22909879.
  3. ^ Geddes, Barbara (2003). Paradigms and Sand Castles. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. p. 117. doi:10.3998/mpub.11910. ISBN 978-0-472-09835-4.
  4. ^ King, Gary; Keohane, Robert O.; Verba, Sidney (1994). Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 52–53. doi:10.1515/9781400821211. ISBN 978-1-4008-2121-1.
  5. ^ a b Gerring, John (2007). Case Study Research: Principles and Practices. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1, 19–20. ISBN 978-0-521-85928-8.
  6. ^ Thies, Cameron G. (2002). "A Pragmatic Guide to Qualitative Historical Analysis in the Study of International Relations". International Studies Perspectives. 3 (4): 351–372. doi:10.1111/1528-3577.t01-1-00099. ISSN 1528-3577. JSTOR 44218229.
  7. ^ George, Alexander L.; Bennett, Andrew (2005). Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences. MIT Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-262-57222-4.
  8. ^ Mills, Albert J.; Durepos, Gabrielle; Wiebe, Elden, eds. (2010). Encyclopedia of Case Study Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. p. xxxi. ISBN 978-1-4129-5670-3.
  9. ^ Yin, Robert K. (2017). Case Study Research: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, California, US: SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-5063-3616-9.
  10. ^ Rolls, Geoffrey (2005). Classic Case Studies in Psychology. Abingdon, England: Hodder Education.
  11. ^ Taylor, Marilyn L.; Søndergaard, Mikael (2017). Unraveling the Mysteries of Case Study Research: A Guide for Business and Management Students. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1786437235.

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