Case Study Originally prepared by Professor Denis Hayes. Now led by Mike Murphy. © D Hayes‚ Faculty of Education‚ University of Plymouth‚ 2006 CONTENTS * A. INTRODUCTION * Part One: What is Case Study? * Glossary of terms * Part Two: Case Study Close-Up * B. THE VALUE OF CASE STUDY * Part One: Its Usefulness * Part Two: Its Limitations * Part Three: A Summary * C. DESIGNING A CASE STUDY * Part One: Outline Plans * Part Two:
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1: Study Background The population aging‚ in other words‚ the greying of the population is major concern all over the world. Many factors are leading to population aging‚ namely‚ unwillingness to marry‚ late marriage‚ fertility control‚ low birth rate and longer life span. All these factors are also related to developing status of the country. The more the country is developing‚ the more the factors have stronger effect on aging population and the age population
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Journal of Operations Management 20 (2002) 419–433 Effective case research in operations management: a process perspective I. Stuart∗ ‚ D. McCutcheon‚ R. Handfield‚ R. McLachlin‚ D. Samson Faculty of Business‚ University of Victoria‚ P.O. Box 1700‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8W 2Y2 Received 8 August 2001; received in revised form 26 October 2001; accepted 11 March 2002 Abstract Despite many calls for case-based operations management research‚ the successful publication rate of such articles
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Orange Coast College PS 180 Case Study Individual/Group Assignment Professor: Dr. R. Drew Student Name: __________________________ Student No.:________________ Day: ___ Name of Article: ______________________________________ Author’s Name: ______________________________________ Publication/Source of Article: ____________________________ Case Studies Defined: A case study is a form of qualitative descriptive research that is used to look at certain phenomena‚ individuals‚ or groups
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...............................................................................79 3.3. The case study strategy............................................................................................................83 3.4. Research design .........................................................................................................................88 3.4.1. The selection of the case study sites......................................................................................88
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practices in action and social and disciplinary environment at schools. This research project is focused on eight case studies held in schools of different grades‚ located in the centre of Portugal. Both qualitative (interviews and ethnographic observation) and quantitative methodologies (pupils’ questionnaires) have been used. KEYWORDS Indiscipline ; School ethos ; Violence ; Case studies Managing and handling indiscipline in schools 85 INDISCIPLINE GLANCED THROUGH A PEDAGOGICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL
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European Dutch and African Curacaoans in Netherlands and Curacao respectively‚ as well as including two organizations namely the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the police‚ each of which owns diverse power dynamics. Through using the exploratory case studies‚ which enable to test the “emerging findings in wider survey-based research” (Cassell and Symon‚ 2004‚ p.327)‚ the author tends to illustrate how power differences impact on cross-cultural perception. In order to provide more exactly evidence
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The Case Study as a Research Method Uses and Users of Information -- LIS 391D.1 -- Spring 1997 Introduction 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
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Individuals and relations Properties or attributes of objects Development is of interest to the researcher Objects normally are not assumed to change during course of study Intensive study of small number of individuals Objects/individuals studied in natural surroundings Study many specimens‚ sample from a population. Goal is to make valid generalizations from sample data to population Objects studied in an artificial situation‚ experiment‚ questionnaire
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sciences and life sciences‚ a case study (or case report) is a descriptive‚ exploratory or explanatory analysis of a person‚ group or event. An explanatory case study is used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles.[1][2] Case studies may be prospective (in which criteria are established and cases fitting the criteria are included as they become available) or retrospective (in which criteria are established for selecting cases from historical records for inclusion in the study). Thomas[3] offers
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