Case Study Research

Principles and Practices

By John Gerring | Publisher: Cambridge University Press

About the book

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 and numerous up-to-date studies.

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Hardcover
ISBN 9781107181267
Paperback
ISBN 9781316632505

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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 and numerous up-to-date studies.

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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 and numerous up-to-date studies.

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Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology > Social research and statistics

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Case Study Research?

John Gerring

Who is the Publisher of the book Case Study Research?

Cambridge University Press

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Case Study Research is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107181267) and paperback(ISBN 9781316632505)