Case study research : what, why and how? (Record no. 38039)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788132110293 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 001.42 |
| Item number | SWA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Swanborn, Peter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Case study research : what, why and how? |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2012 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Sage South Asia Reprint |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix,178p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | CONTENTS <br/>Preface viii<br/>1 What is a case study? 1<br/>1.1 Introduction 1<br/>1.2 Phenomena and cases 5<br/>1.3 Historical background 10<br/>1.4 Methodological point of departure 12<br/>1.5 Definition 12<br/>1.6 Additional remarks about the definition 14<br/>1.7 An holistic approach? 8<br/>1.8 Conclusions 21<br/>Exercises' 22<br/>Keyterms 23<br/>2 When to conduct a case study? 24<br/>2.1 Introduction : 24<br/>2.2 Research questions 25<br/>2.3 Specific conditions 33<br/>2.4 Further considerations 35:<br/>2.5 Conclusions 41<br/>Exercises 43<br/>Keyterms 44<br/>3 How to select cases? 45<br/>3.1 Introduction 45<br/>3.2 Demarcation of the domain 47<br/>3.3 No selection at all 50<br/>3.4 Random selection 51<br/>3.5 Pragmatic grounds 52<br/>3.6 Substantive criteria 52<br/>3.7 The problem of generalisation 66<br/>3.8 Conclusions 70<br/>Exercises 72<br/>Key terms 72<br/>4 What data to collect? 73<br/>4.1 Introduction 73<br/>4.2 Data and theories .76<br/>4.3 An application of theory 77<br/>4.4 Causality 88<br/>4.5 Conclusions 95<br/>Exercises 96<br/>Key terms 96<br/>5 How to enrich your case study data? 97<br/>5.1 Introduction: degrees of freedom ,; 97<br/>5.2 Increasing the number of measurement points in time , 99<br/>5.3 Introducing sub-units ... 101<br/>5.4 Increasing the number of cases 104<br/>5.5 Increasing the number of predictions , 106<br/>5.6 Using several gradations of the independent variables 108<br/>5.7 Diversifying methods of collecting data 108<br/>5.8 Diversifying researchers , 109<br/>5.9 Presenting results to participants and using their opinions<br/>as extra data 110<br/>5.10 Conclusions .,. 112<br/>Exercises 112<br/>Key terms 112<br/>6 How to analyse ydttr data? 113<br/>6.1 Introduction 113<br/>6.2 Five traditions 114<br/>6.3 Analysis 124<br/>6.4 Limits of tabulations on qualitative data- 130<br/>6.5 Conclusions 134<br/>Exercises 135 <br/>Key terms 135<br/>7 Assets and opportunities 136<br/>7.1 Styles of reporting 136<br/>7.2 Combining intensive and extensive approaches 139<br/>7.3 Generalising from the user's perspective 146<br/>7.4 Meta-analysis 148<br/>7.5 The efficiency of case studies 150<br/>7.6 Epilogue 151<br/>Key terms 152<br/>Appendix 1 Selected literature on case studies 153<br/>Appendix 2 The political science debate on case studies 157<br/>Appendix 3 A note on triangulation 160<br/>Appendix 4 A note on contamination 162<br/>Bibliography 163<br/>Author Index 174<br/>Subject Index 177<br/> |
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| Country | India |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FP |
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