Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods)
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Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin’s bestselling text Case Study Research offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25% new), gives fresh attention to quantitative analyses, discusses more fully the use of mixed methods research designs, and includes new methodological insights. The book’s coverage of case study research and how it is applied in practice gives readers access to exemplary case studies drawn from a wide variety of academic and applied fields. Key Features of the Fourth Edition - Highlights each specific research feature through 44 boxed vignettes that feature previously published case studies
- Provides methodological insights to show the similarities between case studies and other social science methods
- Suggests a three-stage approach to help readers define the initial questions they will consider in their own case study research
- Covers new material on human subjects protection, the role of Institutional Review Boards, and the interplay between obtaining IRB approval and the final development of the case study protocol and conduct of a pilot case
- Includes an overall graphic of the entire case study research process at the beginning of the book, then highlights the steps in the process through graphics that appear at the outset of all the chapters that follow
- Offers in-text learning aids including “tips” that pose key questions and answers at the beginning of each chapter, practical exercises, endnotes, and a new cross-referencing table
Case Study Research, Fourth Edition is ideal for courses in departments of Education, Business and Management, Nursing and Public Health, Public Administration, Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Case Study Design - This is an outstanding resource for anyone considering a case study design. It offers more suggestions and clarifies more issues than the other resources that I have read over the last three years.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Invaluable reference - This book made such a difference to me in completing my case study based dissertation. I learned a big lesson about investigating the language and conventions of any research method you might choose. Plus, its a nice concise book that can be read quickly and referred to easily. A definite winner in my book.
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Useful tools for an MBA dissertation - I used this boos as one of the key references for the research part of my MBA dissertation.
Pretty handy and practical tools and quite good frameworks for structuring the whole work.
I liked this and especially the pictures a lot.
- Hanna
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Clear, many examples, easy to read - As a doctoral student, I purchased this book when a research professor at my university recommended it. I can see why! Since I am considering using the case study process for my dissertation research, this book helped me visualize how it might work. Yin filled the book with cogent examples from many fields, with references to find the original study. These examples were both relatively current and from decades past; this range of times helped me see the growth in the case study process and its breadth of applicability.
The book is not a follow-the-numbers process by any means, no cookie-cutter here. Instead, it contains a structured process from beginning to end, including analysis and reporting. Along the way, Yin forces the reader to ask questions and consider the applicability of the case study approach to one's own work.
All in all, very helpful and no doubt, it will be a reference for me in years to come.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Must have for Case Study Researchers - If you are doing any kind of case study research and do not have this book, you need this. Dr. Yin is a leader in case study research and has valuable information regarding components to a dissertation that are unique to case studies.
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