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Doing Case Study Research A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers

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ISBN-10: 0807752681

ISBN-13: 9780807752685

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Dawson R. Hancock, Bob Algozzine

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This popular handbook has been updated to provide today's beginning researchers with everything they need to plan and implement case studies. Starting with how to establish a rationale for conducting a systematic case study and identify literature that informs the research effort, this resource shows students how to determine an appropriate research design and conduct informative interviews, observations, and document analyses. It also describes methods for deriving meaning from data and communicating the results. Finally, the authors delineate the ways to verify the results attained. Students and advisors can use these easy-to-follow steps to shape a thesis, dissertation, or independent…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Preface
Key Features
Rationale
Course Applications
Acknowledgments
Foundations
Scientific Inquiry
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Stages of Doing Case Study Research
Setting the Stage
What Has Been Studied Using Case Study Research?
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Determining What We Know
How to Do a Literature Review
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Selecting a Design
Relations Between Design and Method
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Gathering Information from Interviews
Illustration from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Gathering Information from Observations
Design Illustrations
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Gathering Information from Documents
Authenticity of Documents
Questions to Answer When Gathering Information from Documents
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Summarizing and Interpreting the Information
Design illustration: Thinking About Method
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Reporting Findings
How to Synthesize Findings
Design Illustration
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Confirming Case Study Findings
Illustrations from Practice
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Putting it all Together
Preparing Proposals for Case Study Research
Introduction
Review of Literature
Method
Supporting Materials
Frequently Asked Questions About Research Proposals
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Disseminating Case Study Research
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Content Review
Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Annotated Bibliography
Index
About the Authors