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Case Research, (write case research report: describe very clearly the…
Case Research
A scientific method of intensively studying a phenomenon within its natural setting in one or more sites. Also known as case study
can be employed in a positivist manner for theory testing or interpretive manner for theory building
Research questions can be modified during the process if original questions are found to be less relevant.
can help derive richer, more contextualized and more authentic interpretation of phenomenon
phenomenon of interest can be studied from multiple participant's perspective and use multiple levels of analysis
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write case research report: describe very clearly the detailed process used for sampling, data collection, data analysis and hypotheses development
Start data collection: Interviewer should take notes and interview should be transcribed verbatim into text for analysis
conduct cross-case analysis: involves multi-site case research as the second stage of data analysis. Looking for similar concepts and patterns between different case sites and can used for validating the initial theory or redefining it.
Define research questions: defining questions that are theoretically and practically interesting and identifying expectations about possible answers
Create instruments and protocols: interview protocol should be designed to guide the interview process. List of questions to be asked and may be structured or unstructured or a combination
conduct within case data analysis: examining emergent concepts separately to generate initial theory
Select respondents: random sampling is preferred but snowball sampling is acceptable. Respondents must be selected on their involvement with the phenomenon and not based on convenience or access
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build and test hypotheses: emergent concepts and themes are generalized across case sits and compared with observed evidence to see if they fit the observed data. If not, constructs are redefined and compared with reported prior literature
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Most case studies are interpretive in nature and evidence is collected from one or more case sites to allow concepts and patterns to emerge for the purpose of building theories or expanding existing ones
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