Case study research in education : a qualitative approach

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Merriam, Sharan B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1988.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jossey-Bass education series
Jossey-Bass higher education series
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
Subjects:
Education > Research > Methodology.
Education > Research > Case studies.
Case method.
Éducation > Recherche > Méthodologie.
Éducation > Recherche > Cas, Études de.
Cas, Méthode des.
Education > Research.
Onderwijsresearch.
Casestudies.
Fallmethode.
Fallstudie.
Pädagogik.
Education > Research > Use of case studies
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Foundations of qualitative case study research
  • The case study approach to research problems
  • Types and uses of case study research in education
  • Defining a research problem and selecting a case
  • Handling theory and literature reviews in case study research
  • Part 2: Mastering qualitative data collection methods
  • Conducting effective interviews
  • Being a careful observer
  • Mining data from documents
  • Part 3: Analyzing and reporting case study data
  • The components of data analysis
  • Using special techniques and computers to analyze qualitative data
  • Dealing with validity, reliability, and ethics in case study research
  • Writing the case study report.

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