Case Study

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Permalink Reply by Yahiel Kahane on February 8, 2010 at 2:49am

I am a new arrival to this forum and noticed that you referenced an article on case study methodology highlighting 5 common misconceptions about the approach. Could you please tell me the name of the article and how I can access it? When I click on the blue highlighted link you provided I believe I am taken to the present February free article on SPSS and not the one you intended.

Thank you so much,

Dr. Kahane

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Permalink Reply by Ann Lawless on February 9, 2010 at 5:50am

The link doesn;t work anymore - Methodspace had offered us a temporary free link to it as 'article or reading of the month".

The article is:
Flyvbjerg Bent 2006 Five misunderstandings about case study research. Qualitative Inquiry, vol 12, no 2, pp 219-245.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Jill Jameson on February 9, 2010 at 8:55am

Thanks, Ann - appreciate your picking up on this. Best wishes.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Jill Jameson on February 9, 2010 at 8:57am

Hi Yahiel,

Ann has kindly replied to you with the article details as in her message and below:

Flyvbjerg Bent 2006 Five misunderstandings about case study research. Qualitative Inquiry, vol 12, no 2, pp 219-245.

It's really worth reading.
Best wishes,
Jill

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Permalink Reply by Yahiel Kahane on February 10, 2010 at 5:33am

Thank you both so much!

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Permalink Reply by Gavin Melles on May 13, 2009 at 10:24am

For novices and not so there is also Social Research methods by Bryman and a section which addresses case study. There are, of course, a number of good articles dealing with specific issues, including that by Flyvberg. I have a piece coming out in Ethnography and Education in 2010 which touches on these issues

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Permalink Reply by Ann Lawless on May 21, 2009 at 8:08am

Thanks gavin - I got the book out of a uni library after reading your reply.

I look forward very much to you telling us when you get that piece of yours published.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Jill Jameson on May 24, 2009 at 6:52pm

Thanks Gavin for this helpful note re. Bryman's Social Research Methods, Flyberg's article and others re. specific aspects of case study - will be looking out for your article in 2010. As Ann said, please do post the reference here when publication is confirmed.

Best regards,
Jill

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Permalink Reply by Roger Gomm on October 6, 2009 at 4:12pm

Hi Jill
Part of your problem is the category 'Case Study Research', because most of the methodological issues and practices which are associated with case study researching are actually discussed without that term being used under various sub-headings of Qualitative Research: nearly all qualitative research is in effect case study research.

If you want a repository of classic statements on case study research (named as such), plus some more recent commentary you might try:
Gomm,R..Hammersley,M. & Foster,P.(eds) (2000) Case Study Method: key issues key texts, London.Sage

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Permalink Reply by Dr Jill Jameson on December 12, 2009 at 9:19pm

Hi Roger,

My apologies for being so slow to reply to you about your comment, as it has been a very, very busy semester so I am only just now catching up on non-essential items. Thank you for identifying the issue you point out re. categorisation. I do agree there are not enough explicit references to case study in the qualitative analysis and thanks for adding to this small but growing collection your own reference.

I'm not entirely sure that I agree, however, that 'nearly all qualitative research is in effect case study research'. Possibly there is truth in that (though many qualitative researchers may disagree, there is evidence for your view). Also, I'm sure you'd agree we could not classify case study research as being solely 'qualitative', though, as of course many case studies include and analyse quantitative data, and the blend of possibilities of qualitative and quantitative seems to be one of the more helpful aspects of this method. I really appreciate your adding to this debate, though, and thanks so much for your very helpful reference. Best regards, Jill

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Permalink Reply by Santosh Mishra on December 10, 2009 at 6:34am

Hi all,

I believe Case Study research has reached a new high because of the importance given to the concept of Teacher-as-Researcher. We get better insights about teaching-learning problems in classroom through such studies. These days, collaborative research, i. e. the research done through collaboration between a teacher and an expert in the area is preferred over other forms in classroom research. Thanx!


Santosh

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Permalink Reply by Dr Jill Jameson on December 12, 2009 at 9:06pm

Dear Santosh,

I do agree with you that case study is reaching a new high in terms of practical interest re. 'teachers as researchers'. I also think that there has been a growth of interest in case study as a result of: (1) the increasing development of professional doctorates (e.g. the EdD) and the relevance for these of 'real life study' in 'bounded situations', e.g. classroom or institutional analysis; (2) the growth in new adaptations of or types of collaborative research as a result of social and professional networking opportunities on the web; and (3) interest in the UK Research Excellence Framework and elsewhere in the world regarding the need to measure the 'impact' of research in the world in practical ways. So I welcome your comment and interest in this area of work. Thank you. Best regards, Jill

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