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Case Study Characteristics
Qualitative method
Bounded system (ie: classroom, event, )
Stems from a descriptive question (what happened when...?) or explanatory question (how or why something happened?)
Results are tangible or concrete in nature often because it is personal.
More Characteristics
Particularistic, Descriptive, and Heuristic
Particularistic focuses on a particular situation or event.
Descriptive means your study includes “thick descriptions” of the situation or event.
Heuristic is when the reader gains personal insight, beyond what they started with, when the results are in.
Multiple sites, multiple events, or multiple individuals?
Validity and/or generalizing
Different analysis techniques for a multiple:
Unordered Meta-Matrix
Site-Ordered Descriptive
Site-Ordered Predictor-Outcome Matrix
Time-Ordered Meta-Matrix
Scatterplots
Site-Ordered Effects Matrix
Causal Models
Conducting and Analyzing Case Studies
< Single vs. Multiple Case Studies >
Quick Note: Narrative vs. Case Study
Narrative studies are PERSONAL and share one’s life experiences or important events of one’s life.
Narrative studies are usually chronological.
Case studies usually surround social issues.
Case studies are bounded: by time, space, or people.
Narrative
Case Study
Case Studies…•Are probably the most “mainstream” type of research
•Are used in a variety of fields (business, medicine, advertising)
•Are easily combined with other types of research
•Are a great teaching tool
Sample Case Studies
•Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences
http://www.paideia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SuccessStories.pdf
•Thirty Years Later: The Long-Term Effect on Boarding Schools on Alaska Natives and Their Communities
http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/Publications/boardingschoolfinal.pdf
•Cincinnati Case Studyhttp://www.educationnation.com/casestudies/cincy/index.html
Case Study Publications
International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies
Clinical Case Studies
Journal of Case Studies in Education
Journal of Case Studies
Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment
Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies
History Continued...
First used in the US in the early 1900’s
1st generation
Anthropology
Sociology
Decline in the 1930’s
History of Case Studies
Resurgence in the 1960’s
2nd generation
Law
Medicine
Education
Government
Other evaluative situations
Dr. Robert Yin
www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribid-501003
Dr. Sharan B. Merriam
www.coe.uga.edu/vita/smerriam_vita.pdf
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Dr. Robert E. Stake
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bf59TDochY
Dr. Joe R. Feagin
www.racismreview.com/blog/
References Davis, B. G. (1993) Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Glaser, B. &. ( 1967). The Discovery of grounded Theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Chicago: Aldine.
Hirshberg, D., & Sharp, S. (2005, September). Institute of Social and Economic Research Publications: Thirty Years Later: The Long Term Effect of Boarding Schools on Alaska Natives and Their Communities. Retrieved October 18, 2013, from Institute of Social and Economic Research: http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/Publications/boardingschoolfinal.pdf.
http://education.illinois.edu/people/stake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharan_Merriam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Feagin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Stake
http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=501003
Johansson, R. (2003, September). Case Study Methodology. Retrieved October 12, 2013, from [email protected]: [email protected]
National Paideia Center. (2002). Paideia Stories: Successful Schools in Practice. Retrieved October 18, 2013, from Paideia Active Learning: http://www.paideia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SuccessStories.pdf
NBC News. (2013, October). Education Nation Cincinnati Case Study. Retrieved October 8, 2013, from Education Nation: http://www.educationnation.com/casestudies/cincy/index.htm
Tellis, W. (1997, July). Introduction to Case Study. The Qualitative Report, http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html