Reviews for Case study research

The average rating for Case study research based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-13 00:00:00 Molly Mills The case study method has struggled a lot over the years to gain respect. Although it is a very useful method for untangling social complexity, it's often viewed as a weak form of research in an increasingly quantitative world. To make matters worse, I see the term "case study" thrown around like crazy in this internet world, suggesting that it really is a method that anyone can do. However, a rigorous approach to case studies is a far cry from the n=1 "case studies" and testimonials I seem to see everywhere these days. Yin addresses the criticisms of case studies head on and attends to them in a very clear way. This book, in my opinion, is one of the most practical, useful books on the topic of case study design. It forces the researcher to be explicit in the theories and propositions that underly the case study and attend to important issues like external/internal validity. The book is succinct, highly readable, and well-written. I urge anyone who wants to do a case study to pick up a copy of this book...just make sure that you read it before you start for best results!

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-14 00:00:00 Daniel Garner Sr. This is seen as the standard in case study texts, but I didn't find it that helpful. There were a few things that were helpful about research analysis, but other than that, the info about setting up a case and that sort of thing seemed pretty self-explanatory and can be understood through reading a chapter or section of an overview to qualitative analysis. Yin's text also only really applies to a certain kind of case study, ones that are more like quantitative studies, and didn't really apply to studies that focus on meaning and theory development. I liked Swanborn's Case Study Research much better.