Applications of Case Study Research

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4129-8916-9
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Designed to help both graduate students and start-up researchers with their own case study research, this book presents 21 individual applications together with cross-referenced discussions of key methodological issues. Many of the applications—including a wide array of single-case studies useful as examples for solo researchers—have been shortened or re-written expressly for this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yin, Robert K.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Starting Points
Chapter 1. A (Very) Brief Refresher on the Case Study Method

Chapter 2. Field Notes

Chapter 3. The Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies

PART II: Descriptive Case Studies
Chapter 4. Start-Up for a Newly-Appointed Education Leader

Chapter 5. Citizens on Patrol

Chapter 6. A Case Study of a Neighborhood Organization

PART III: Explanatory Case Studies
Chapter 7. A Nutshell Example: The Effect of a Federal Award on a University Computer Science Department

Chapter 8. Essential Ingredients of Explanatory Case Studies: Three Drug Prevention Examples

Chapter 9. Transforming a Business Firm Through Strategic Planning

Chapter 10. Rival Explanations

PART IV: Cross-Case Syntheses
Chapter 11. Proposal Processing by Public and Private Universities

Chapter 12. Case Studies of Transformed Firms

PART V: Case Study Evaluations
Chapter 13: Evaluation of a Community Coalition

Chapter 14. Sheriff’s Combined Auto Theft Task Force

Chapter 15. Technical Assistance for HIV/AIDS Community Planning

Über Autor(innen)

Yin, Robert K.
Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm. Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.

Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children’s National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese). Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.