Case study research : principles and practices

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Case study research : principles and practices

John Gerring

(Strategies for social inquiry)

Cambridge University Press, 2017

2nd ed

  • : pbk
  • : hardback

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Previous ed.: 2007

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-318) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, education, medicine, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Topics include: a survey of case study approaches; a methodologically tractable definition of 'case study'; strategies for case selection, including random sampling and other algorithmic approaches; quantitative and qualitative modes of case study analysis; and problems of internal and external validity. The second edition of this core textbook is designed to be accessible to readers who are new to the subject and is thoroughly revised and updated, incorporating recent research, numerous up-to-date studies and comprehensive lecture slides.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Part I. Case Studies: 1. Surveys
  • 2. Definitions
  • Part II. Selecting Cases: 3. Overview of case selection
  • 4. Descriptive case studies
  • 5. Causal case studies
  • 6. Algorithms and samples
  • Part III. Analyzing Cases: 7. A typology of research designs
  • 8. Quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis
  • Part IV. Validity: 9. Internal validity
  • 10. External validity
  • Part V. Conclusions: 11. Tradeoffs
  • Part VI. References
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB23953890
  • ISBN
    • 9781316632505
    • 9781107181267
  • LCCN
    2016025901
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxix, 332 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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