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Interest in Case Study Research continues to grow as its importance becomes more and more established in the academic community. When Case Study Research is implemented correctly, it gives the academic researcher an opportunity of being able to look at a situation holistically and understand many of the variables which are interacting in front of his or her eyes. This holistic approach to understanding is not so easily achieved as many of the other research methods available to the academic researcher.What constitutes Case Study Research is often not fully appreciated and this textbook takes some time to explain when a research protocol may properly be considered as Case Study Research.The book addresses the subject of data analysis for a case study and explores the different ways of coming to terms with the tricky business of delivering findings and interpreting the results of case study researchReaders of this book have my best wishes in achieving their objectives through their work with academic research.

Sujets

Littérature Sud-Africaine

Littérature sud-africaine

Quantité

Gestion des données

Dissertation

Data

Protocol

Statistical hypothesis testing

Thesis

Case study

Data management

Data analysis

Pilot experiment

Data collection

Qualitative

Quantitative

Research proposal

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Publié par	UJ Press
Date de parution	16 août 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781776413409
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Case Study Research
The Quick Guide Series

Dan Remenyi

Case Study Research: The Quick Guide Series

Published by UJ Press under the Hoopoe Press imprint
University of Johannesburg
Library
Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
PO Box 524
Auckland Park
2006
https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/

Compilation © Dan Remenyi 2022

Chapters © Dan Remenyi 2022

Published Edition © Dan Remenyi 2022

First published 2012 by Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

(978-1-909507-17-3)

This edition 2022

https://doi.org/10.36615/9781776413409

978-1-7764056-8-8 (Paperback)

978-1-7764134-0-9 (PDF)

Cover design: Hester Roets, UJ Graphic Design Studio

Typeset in 12/14pt Calibri

Myunderstandingofcasestudyresearchhasdeveloped
steadilyoverthepast20yearswhenIfirstusedthistechnique
myself.IhavelearntmuchfrommanyresearchdegreecandiͲ
dateswhomIhavesupervised,mentoredorexamined.Oneof
thegreatoutcomesofbeinginvolvedinacademicresearchis
thatwecanlearnfromeachother’sexperiences.

HoweverIwouldliketopointoutmydebttoDrPaulGriffiths
whohasmadeaspecialcontributiontomythinkinginthis
book.PaulisahighlyskilledpractitionerintheartofCase
StudyResearchandhehasmadeanumberofimportantsugͲ
gestionswhichhavebeenincorporatedinthisbook.

Acknowledgement...................................................................i
Contents...................................................................................i
PrefacetotheSecondEdition................................................vii
PrefacetotheFirstEdition...................................................viii
Chapter1ͲWhatconstitutesCaseStudyResearch?................1
1.1.Observationasabasisofresearch................................1
1.2.Definitionsofacasestudy.............................................2
1.3.Researchmethodologyandresearchmethods.............5
1.4.Qualitativeresearch.......................................................5
1.5.Hypothesesandtheorydevelopment...........................6
1.6.Afullerdefinitionofcasestudy.....................................6
1.7.Astoryiscentraltoacasestudy...................................7
1.8.Thescientificlogicofthecasestudy.............................9
1.9.Summaryandconclusion.............................................14
Chapter2ͲDifferentTypesofCaseStudiesandChoosing
AppropriateSituationstoStudy.............................................15
2.1.Differentmeaningsofthetermcasestudy.................15
2.2.Teaching–learningcasestudy....................................15
2.3.Theresearchcasestudy...............................................19
2.4.Descriptivecasestudiesorexploratorycasestudies..20
2.5.Aonecasestudyresearchproject...............................22
2.6.Morethanonecasestudyresearchproject................23
2.7.Theunitofstudy–theorganisationistheunitof
study.............................................................................24
2.8.Multipleunitsofanalysis.............................................26
2.9.Suitabilityandgatekeepers..........................................28
2.10.SuitabilityProfileforaCaseStudy...............................29
2.11.Summaryandconclusion.............................................32

CaseStudyResearch

Chapter3ͲData:QuantitativeandQualitative......................33
3.1.Theimportanceofdata...............................................33
3.2.Adefinitionofdata......................................................33
3.3.Do,dare,dedi,datum..................................................36
3.4.Unitofanalysis.............................................................37
3.5.Quantitativeandqualitativedata................................38
3.6.Differentrealitiesordifferentlens..............................41
3.7.Naturalandeliciteddata.............................................43
3.8.Hardandsoftdata.......................................................44
3.9.Datacanbeoverwhelming–dataoverload................45
3.10.Commonlyavailablesourcesofqualitativedata.........48
3.11.Combiningquantitativeandqualitativedata..............52
3.12.DataAcquisitionPlan...................................................53
3.13.Summaryandconclusions...........................................54
Chapter4ͲTheresearchproposalandprotocol....................57
4.1.Understandingandplanningacademicresearch........57
4.2.Theneedforflexibility.................................................58
4.3.Organisationandplanning...........................................59
4.4.TheResearchProposal.................................................60
4.5.Theresearchprotocol..................................................69
4.6.Thepartsofaresearchprotocol..................................70
4.7.Part1ͲFindingthestartingpoint................................71
4.8.Part2–Establishingandcollectingthedata...............72
4.9.Part3ͲAfterdatacollectioniscomplete....................75
4.10.Part4ͲWhatdoesthedatamean................................79
4.11.Part5ͲWhattheresearchdeliverstothe
community...................................................................81
4.12.Part6ͲTheresearchends...........................................82
4.13.Summaryandconclusion.............................................83
Chapter5ͲCollectingthedata...............................................85
5.1.DatacollectionͲamajorchallenge.............................85
5.2.Empiricalresearch........................................................86
5.3.Opportunisticattitudetodatacollection....................87
5.4.Logalldatacollectionactivities...................................87
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5.5.Datacollectionisnoteasy...........................................89
5.6.Firstcontactwiththeorganisation..............................90
5.7.Mixeddata...................................................................91
5.8.Dataaccess...................................................................92
5.9.Sourcesofdata............................................................94
5.10.Triangulation................................................................97
5.11.Reflections...................................................................98
5.12.Apilotcasestudyalsoreferredtoasafieldtest.......100
5.13.Crosscaseanalysis.....................................................101
5.14.Summaryandconclusion...........................................103
Chapter6ͲDataAnalysisforaCaseStudy.............................105
6.1.Theartofthepossible...............................................105
6.2.Thejigsawpuzzlemetaphor......................................105
6.3.Answertheresearchquestion...................................106
6.4.Thetoolboxforanalysisofcasestudydata..............108
6.5.Creatingaconvincingcasestudynarrative...............108
6.6.Producinglistsofconstructsandconcepts................109
6.7.Demonstratingtherelationships...............................111
6.8.Hypothesistesting.....................................................112
6.9.Theoreticalconjecturedevelopment.........................112
6.10.Dataanalysisbegins...................................................113
6.11.Onecaseatatime.....................................................114
6.12.Findingsuitablecasestudies.....................................115
6.13.Writingupthecasestudy..........................................117
6.14.Dataoverload.............................................................117
6.15.Usingoneholisticcasestudyresearchfortheory
creation......................................................................118
6.16.Oneholisticcasestudyresearchforhypotheses
testing........................................................................125
6.17.Multiplecasestudyresearchfortheorycreation......126
6.18.Summaryandconclusions.........................................132
Chapter7ͲThecasestudywriterasastorytellerͲsomestyleandform
issues....................................................................135
7.1.Introduction...............................................................135
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7.2.Theimportanceofthewriteup.................................135
7.3.Thetranscriptsarenotthecasestudy......................136
7.4.Writingasacraftskill.................................................136
7.5.Thenarrativenatureofthecasestudy......................137
7.6.Stylesofthenarrative................................................138
7.7.Importantdimensionofacasestudywriteup..........139
7.8.Writteninanengagingmanner.................................140
7.9.Carewithlanguage....................................................141
7.10.Differentstoryframeworksorforms.........................142
7.11.Achronologyortimelineapproach...........................143
7.12.Aplayformat.............................................................144
7.13.Abiography................................................................144
7.14.Arecollectionofvoices..............................................145
7.15.Notmutuallyexclusive...............................................145
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