CASE STUDY

Javed Iqbal and Keilah KaneEDPY 559Group Presentation

LEARNING OUTCOMESBy the end of this session course participants could be able to; Define case study, Differentiate among different types of case studies, Discuss the relationship between theory and case study,

Share issues pertinent to case study.

THINK PAIR AND SHAREQuestions

What do you mean by Case study?

What kinds of research questions are phrased for case study?

In what kind of situation should you opt for case study?

Have any of you conducted research using case study? If so please tell us about it!

WHAT IS CASE STUDY?Phenomenon

ContextInvestigationResearcher

Stake (1995) Yin (2003), Creswell, J. (1998) Baxter, P. (2003)

WHEN SHOULD YOU USE A CASE STUDY IN YOUR RESEARCH?

A) When the researcher is trying to answer “how” or “why” questions

B) When the researcher cannot manipulate the behaviors of those being studied

C) When the researcher wants to look closer at contextual conditions relevant to the issue being studied

D) When boundaries between the issue being studied and the context are not clear

*Baxter and Jack, 2008

HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR “UNIT OF ANALYSIS”

Miles and Huberman (1994) stated case study as, “a phenomenon of some sort occurring in a bounded context. The case is, “in effect, your unit of analysis” (p. 25).

Determine what your case study will NOT be Individual, program, or process

EXAMPLE VIDEO OF CASE STUDYWatch for some specifics!

What identifies this example as a case study? What were the methods of data collection? What did the researchers conclude?

Groat Sleep Center - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ygvt7G1DLs

THEORY VS CASETheory-building approach vs. theory-testing

approach Theory of the case Theory for the case (deductive) Theory from the case (Inductive) Theory and case (dialogic model)

(Rule & John, 2015)

TYPES OF CASE STUDY(BAXTER & JACK)

ExplanatoryExploratory Descriptive Employed to studyMultiple-case studies

TYPES OF CASE STUDYIntrinsic Instrumental Collective

GROUP WORKGroup No. 1Explanatory

DescriptiveInstrumental

Group. No. 2ExploratoryIntrinsic Collective

PROCESS

Issue• Not simple but complex• Political historical

Conceptual Framework

• Inclusion or non inclusion • Relationship

Data• Data source, database, analysis and report

EXAMPLE ARTICLE AND DESCRIPTION

“Teachers’ and Children’s Personal Epistemologies for Moral Education: Case Studies in Early Years Elementary Education”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs

ISSUES WITH CASE STUDY

How to collect data? What about external issues?

Poor and irregular definitions (Van Wynseberghe & Khan, 2007)

Ambiguity and lack of clarity ( Verschuren, 2003)

Little theoretical depth (Rule & John, 2015)

HOW TO DO ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON IT

• Unpublished thesis

• Article• Poster• Presentati

on

• Hard copy• Soft copies • Hard drive• One drive, google

drive

• Transcribing• Coding• Soft ware

• Verbal• Data beyond Talk

Data Source Data Analysis

Reporting Data Management

HOW CASE STUDY IS DISTINCT...

Study of a phenomenon in real-life context

Focuses more on the overall pictureIf a group is studied, the behaviors of the group as a whole are analyzed, not individuals

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION?

SOURCES Baxter, P., & Jack, S. (2008). Qualitative case study methodology: Study

design and implementation for novice researchers. The qualitative report,13(4), 544-559.

Brownlee, J., Syu, J.-J., Mascadri, J., Cobb-Moore, C., Walker, S., Johansson, E., … Ailwood, J. (2012). Teachers’ and children's personal

epistemologies for moral education: Case studies in early years elementary education. Teaching and Teacher Education,28(3), 440– 450. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2011.11.012

Rule, P., & John, V. M. (2015). A necessary dialogue: Theory in case study research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(4).

Van Wynsberghe, R., & Khan, S. (2007). Redefining case study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 6, 80-94.

Verschuren, P. (2003). Case study as a research strategy: Some ambiguities and opportunities. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6, 121-139.

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