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Doing case study research : a practical guide for beginning researchers /

By: Hancock, Dawson R
Title By: Algozzine, Robert
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 114 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780807752685; 0807752681Subject(s): Education -- Research -- Methodology | Education -- Research -- Case studies | Case methodDDC classification: 370.72 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
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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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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