Group 3: Case Study Design

Case study research is an approach in which researchers focus on a unit of study known as a bounded system (e.g., individual teachers, a classroom, or a school). Case study is part of:

• Quantitative research

• Qualitative research   

• Descriptive research

• All of them

Many scholars trace the origins of case study approaches to Le Play, a French sociologist and economist who, in 1829, used case study in:

• Educational evaluation

• Professional fields such as education and health   

• Statistical work in examining the economic conditions of the working class

• Behavioral studies

Case study research is also an appropriate choice of research method if the researcher is interested in studying process. The general purpose of a case study is to:

• Describe, analyze, identify and provide 

• Only describe

• Only analyze

• Only identify

Which of the following options is not a feature of the case study?

• Is holistic

    

• Is particularistic in that it focuses on a the specific rather than the general

• A case study tends to be bounded

• It’s not contextual in that it not necessary to give an accounting of the context

The exploratory case study refers to:

• Describe a community  

• Confirm theory’s

• Explore and describe an issue

• Explain something or find a cause-and-effect relationships.

Which of the following does not belong to a case study written approach?

• The nature of the case itself    

• The physical setting in which the case is bounded

• Other cases through whom the case may be know

• Draw upon other research approaches

What are the case studies according to the type of discipline?

• a)      Anthropologic case, historical case, psychological case, sociological case, economical case.

• Anthropologic case, historical case, psychological case, sociological case, educational case.

• Anthropologic case, historical case, psychological case, emotional case, educational case.

• Anthropologic case, historical case, psychological case, political case, educational case.

Case study researchers most often adopt methods from:

• Pragmatic qualitative research.

• Theoretical qualitative research.

• Pragmatic quantitative research.

• Theoretical quantitative research.

Most of the work in this study case is focused on the biographies of those who were involved in this case. 

• Historical case

• Educational case

• Anthropologic case

• Psychological case

Explanatory question often answers to: (2 answers are correct)    

• Who?

• How?

• What?

• Why?