Hancock, Dawson R.

Doing case study research : a practical guide for beginning researchers / Dawson R. Hancock, Bob Algozzine. - 2nd ed. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2011. - xiii, 114 p. ; 23 cm.



Scientific inquiry -- Qualitative and quantitative research -- Setting the stage -- Determining what we know - Selecting a design -- Gathering information from interviews -- Gathering information from observations -- Gathering information from documents -- Summarizing and interpreting the information -- Reporting findings -- Confirming case study findings -- Preparing proposals for case study research -- Disseminating case study research.

Starting with how to establish a rationale for conducting a systematic case study and identify literature that informs the research effort, this resource shows students how to determine an appropriate research design and conduct informative interviews, observations, and document analyses. It also describes methods for deriving meaning from data and communicating the results. Finally, the authors delineate the ways to verify the results attained.

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Education--Research--Methodology.
Education--Research--Case studies.
Case method.

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