WHAT IS A CASE STUDY? THE FOLLOWS MEANINGS ARE TAKING OF DIFFERENT REFERENCES .
- The study of a person, a small group, a single situation, or a specific "case," is called a case study.It involves extensive research, including documented evidence of a particular issue or situation.
- The collection and presentation of detailed information about a particular participant or small group, frequently including the accounts of subjects themselves. the case study looks intensely at an individual or small participant pool, drawing conclusions only about that participant or group and only in that specific context. Researchers do not focus on the discovery of a universal, generalizable truth, nor do they typically look for cause-effect relationships; instead, emphasis is placed on exploration and description.
- Case study research excels at bringing us to an understanding of a complex issue or object and can extend experience or add strength to what is already known through previous research. Case studies emphasize detailed contextual analysis of a limited number of events or conditions and their relationships. Researchers have used the case study research method for many years across a variety of disciplines. Social scientists, in particular, have made wide use of this qualitative research method to examine contemporary real-life situations and provide the basis for the application of ideas and extension of methods. Researcher Robert K. Yin defines the case study research method as an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context; when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and in which multiple sources of evidence are used (Yin, 1984, p. 23).Critics of the case study method believe that the study of a small number of cases can offer no grounds for establishing reliability or generality of findings. Others feel that the intense exposure to study of the case biases the findings. Some dismiss case study research as useful only as an exploratory tool. Yet researchers continue to use the case study research method with success in carefully planned and crafted studies of real-life situations, issues, and problems. Reports on case studies from many disciplines are widely available in the literature.
This paper explains how to use the case study method and then applies the method to an example case study project designed to examine how one set of users, non-profit organizations, make use of an electronic community network. The study examines the issue of whether or not the electronic community network is beneficial in some way to non-profit organizations and what those benefits might be.
Many well-known case study researchers such as Robert E. Stake, Helen Simons, and Robert K. Yin have written about case study research and suggested techniques for organizing and conducting the research successfully. This introduction to case study research draws upon their work and proposes six steps that should be used:
- Determine and define the research questions
- Select the cases and determine data gathering and analysis techniques
- Prepare to collect the data
- Collect data in the field
- Evaluate and analyze the data
- Prepare the report
Case study research is not limited to a single source of data, as in the use of questionnaries for carrying out a survey. In fact , good case studys benefit from having multiple sources of evidence.
six common sources of evidence in doing case studies.
1.Direct observations( human actions or a physical enviroment)
2. interviews(e.g. open- ended conversations with key participants)
3.Archival records (e.g. students records)
4. Documents (e.g. newspapers articles,letters and e-mails,reports)
5.participant- observation.
6. physical artifacts(computer downloads of employes work.)
2- Is a case study an approach, a method or a type of research?
3- what does a descriptive research means?
The term descriptive research refers to the type of research question, design, and data analysis that will be applied to a given topic.
some of the common data collection methods applied to questions within the realm of descriptive research include surveys, interviews, observations, and portfolios.
The main goal of this type of research is to describe the data and characteristics about what is being studied.
4- Is a descriptive research an approach, a method or a type of research?
it is a type of research.
2- Is a case study an approach, a method or a type of research?
3- what does a descriptive research means?
The term descriptive research refers to the type of research question, design, and data analysis that will be applied to a given topic.
some of the common data collection methods applied to questions within the realm of descriptive research include surveys, interviews, observations, and portfolios.
The main goal of this type of research is to describe the data and characteristics about what is being studied.
4- Is a descriptive research an approach, a method or a type of research?
it is a type of research.
So far, you show an evidence of the process followed in searching for a research topic. That's fine providing you make a decision right now. It is time for you to decide on a field of research. facebook sounds interesting and new. I have not read much about it. The point now is to frame what you are precisely going to research. I mean start framing your study both theoretically and methodologically. if you go for this, a theretical search, a R question, plus methods and approach are uregently needed. So far, you have not made much progress.
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