CHAPTER 10 - CASE STUDIES Q AND A

CHAPTER 10 - CASE STUDIES Q AND A

casevfstudyvf-vfanswer--
approachvfcapablevfofvfexaminingvfsimplevforvfcomplexvfphenomena,vfwithvfunitsvfofvfanaly
sisvfvaryingvffromvfsinglevfpeoplevftovflargevfcorporationsvfandvfbusinessesvftovfworld-
changingvfevents.

embeddedvfcasevfstudyvf-vfanswer--
lookingvfatvfonevfcasevfbutvfidentifyingvfseveralvflevelsvforvfunitsvfofvfanalysis

snapshotvfcasevfstudyvf-vfanswer---
vfdetailed,vfobjectivevfstudiesvfofvfonevfresearchvfentityvfatvfonevfpointvfinvftime



longitudinalvfcasevfstudyvf-vfanswer--quantitativevfand/
orvfqualitativevfstudiesvfofvfonevfresearchvfentityvfatvfmultiplevftimevfpoints

pre-postvfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--
studiesvfofvfmorevfresearchvfentityvfatvftwovftimevfpointsvfseparatedvfbyvfavfcriticalvfevent

patchworkvfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--
avfsetvfofvfmultiplevfcasevfstudiesvfofvfthevfsamevfresearch,vfusingvfsnapshot,vflongitudinal,vf
andvfpre-postvfdesigns.

comparativevfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--
Avfsetvfofvfmultiplevfcasesvfexaminingvfavfnumbervfofvffactorsvfusingvfavfcomparativevfanalys
is
-vfusedvfbyvfbothvfquantitativevforvfqualitativevfresearchers

groundedvftheoryvfstrengthsvf-vfanswer---vfitvfisvftovfproducevftheoryvf
-vfthevfemergentvftheoryvfisvflikelyvftovfbevftestablevfandvfisvfbasicallyvfvalid

5vfskillsvfrequiredvftovfdovfcasevfstudiesvf-vfanswer--
1.vfinquiringvfmindvfandvfthevfwillingnessvftovfaskvfquestions
2.vfabilityvftovflisten,vfobservation,vfandvfsense
3.vfadaptabilityvfandvfflexibilityvf
4.vfunderstandvfthevfissuevfbeingvfstudied
5.vfunbiasedvfinterpretationvfofvfdata

intrinsicvfcasevfstudyvf-vfanswer---
vfwhenvfavfresearchervfwantsvftovfunderstandvfavfparticularvfcasevf

-vfthevfcasevfitselfvfisvfofvfinterest

instrumentalvfcasevfstudyvf-vfanswer--
theyvfarevfablevftovfprovidevfinsightsvfintovfanvfissuevforvfrefinevfavftheoreticalvfexplanation,vf
makingvfitvfmorevfgeneralizeablevf
-vfthevfcasevfisvfofvfsecondaryvfinterest