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Case Study is one of the most widely applied methods of research and instruction in use today. Cases are used to frame research, aid teaching and help learning the world over. Yet, despite being so widely used, there remains a great deal of uncertainty about what constitutes case study research and how case studies should be designed and carried out. In this lucid, accessible and often witty new text, Gary Thomas introduces students and researchers to the basics of case study research. Using a wide range of real-life examples, this book sets out for those new to the method how best to design and carry out case studies in the social sciences and humanities How to do your case study: a guide for students and researchers deals with the core issues and methods that anyone new to case study will need to understand: - What is a case study? - When and why should case study methods be used? - How are case studies designed? - What methods can be used? - How do we analyse and make sense of our data? - How do we write up and write about our case? How to do your Case Study will be essential reading for any student or researcher in the Social Sciences, Health Sciences, in Business Studies, in Education and the Humanities.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: GETTING YOUR BEARINGS What Is a Case Study? Case Study and Research Design Models of the Whole Ensuring Quality in Your Case Study: What′s Important? PART TWO: GETTING DOWN TO DOING IT Kinds of Case Studies: Finding Your Case Your Purpose Your Approach Your Process PART THREE: GETTING ON WITH IT AND FINISHING Out in the Field: Some Ways to Collect Data and Evidence A Toolkit for Analyzing and Thinking Writing Your Study The Fancy Stuff: Generalization, Induction, Abduction, Phronesis and Theory

About the Author :
Gary Thomas is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education, with a particular focus on case study. He has conducted research funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, Barnardos, local authorities, and a range of other organisations. He has coedited the British Educational Research Journal and is currently an executive editor of Educational Review. He is author of many books, most recently Education: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.

Review :
This very readable and well crafted book should significantly advance thinking about the conduct of case study research. It impressively demonstrates, through well-selected examples, the uses of case studies within a wide range of disciplines and practical fields of study and dispels some popular misconceptions of this research genre in the process. John Elliot Emeritus Professor of Education, University of East Anglia All chapters are clearly structured but with an eye for presenting variations of research designs, purposes, approaches, data collections and tools for analysis across applied social sciences and humanities. The chapters are written in a lively, engaged and personal manner - though highly academic and structured in their argumentation at the same time - and as a nice student-friendly communicative feature, each chapter finishes with a short section called "If you only take one thing from this chapter, take this..."... I can recommend Thomas′ book as an inspiring and systematic companion to think and discuss with, where there is tolerance towards the wonderful variability of doing qualitative research. Bente Halkier Roskilde University This particular text will replace a few "classics" on my shelf, and I plan to use the book when teaching my methodology courses.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780857025630
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Sub Title: A Guide for Students and Researchers
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0857025635
  • Publisher Date: 14 Dec 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 430 gr


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