How to do your case study
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How to do your case study
SAGE, 2021
3rd ed.
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-293) and index
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Description
This accessible guide takes you through the process of designing, conducting and writing up a research project using case study methods. In his characteristic warm and friendly style, Gary Thomas covers each step at a confidence-building pace, helping you to get to grips with the theory and practice of doing a case study.
Focusing on vital issues like validity, reliability and quality in research, the author helps you ensure your research is rigorous and methodologically sound. This third edition:
* Offers an expanded discussion of key ethical issues in case study research
* Provides up to date information about using social media in research
* Presents a new navigation tool to help you plan your case study project
* Enables you to develop the skills you need to become a critical and reflexive researcher
Covering international examples of case study in practice and accompanied by downloadable checklists and templates, this book is the perfect companion to help you successfully complete a case study.
Table of Contents
- Stage I: Getting Your Bearings Chapter 1: What is a case study? Chapter 2: The case study and research design Chapter 3: The whole is more than the sum of the parts: seeing a complete picture Chapter 4: Rigour and quality in your case study: what's important? Chapter 5: Ethics Stage II: Choosing a case and structuring your study Chapter 6: Different kinds of case studies: selecting a subject for your case study Chapter 7: Your purpose: thinking about the object of your study Chapter 8: Your approach: theory testing or theory building
- interpretation or illustration Chapter 9: Your process: the shape, style and manner of your case study Stage III: Collecting evidence, analysing and writing up Chapter 10: Out in the field: some ways to collect data and evidence Chapter 11: Analysis: a toolkit for analysing and thinking in case study Chapter 12: Writing your study
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