Case Study Research
Principles and Practices

Thoroughly updated, this new edition provides an understanding of the case study research method and the tools required for its implementation.

John Gerring (Author)

9781316632505, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 December 2016

362 pages, 5 b/w illus. 35 tables
24.7 x 17.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.64 kg

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, numerous up-to-date studies and comprehensive lecture slides.

Preface
Part I. Case Studies: 1. Surveys
2. Definitions
Part II. Selecting Cases: 3. Overview of case selection
4. Descriptive case studies
5. Causal case studies
6. Algorithms and samples
Part III. Analyzing Cases: 7. A typology of research designs
8. Quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis
Part IV. Validity: 9. Internal validity
10. External validity
Part V. Conclusions: 11. Tradeoffs
Part VI. References
Index.

Subject Areas: Research methods: general [GPS]