案例研究设计与方法Case Study Research Design and Methods文档格式.docx
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2)Extentofcontroloverbehaviouralevents:
wheninvestigatorhasa
little/nopossibilitytocontroltheevents
3)Generalcircumstancesofthephenomenontobestudied:
contemporary
phenomenoninareal-lifecontext
Casestudyisanempiricalinquiry,inwhich:
-Focusisonacontemporaryphenomenonwithinitsreal-lifecontext&
boundariesbetweenphenomenonanditscontextarenotclearlyevident
Suitableforstudyingcomplexsocialphenomena
-Proceduralcharacteristicsinthesituationinclude:
Manyvariablesof
interest;
multiplesourcesofevidence;
theoreticalpropositionstoguidethe
collectionandanalysisofdata
-Typesofcasestudiesmightbe:
explanatory;
exploratory;
descriptive
-Designscanbesingle-ormultiple-casestudies
-Usedmethodscanbequalitative,quantitative,orboth
Typicalcriticismstowardscasestudies&
correctinganswers:
-Lackofsystematichandlingofdata->
Systematicreportingofallevidence
-Nobasisforscientificgeneralization->
Purposeistogeneralizetotheoretical
propositions,nottopopulationasinstatisticalresearch
-Taketoolong,endupwithunreadabledocuments->
Timelimits&
writing
formuladependonthechoicesofinvestigators
Casestudyresearchdesign
Centralcomponentsofacasestudydesign&
theirfunctions:
1)Astudy’squestions–“how”,“why”
2)Study’s(theoretical)propositions–pointingattention,limitingscope,
suggestingpossiblelinksbetweenphenomena
3)Study’sunitsofanalysis–mainunitsmustbeatthesamelevelasthe
studyquestions&
typicallycomparabletothosepreviouslystudied
4)Logiclinkingthedatatothepropositions–matchingpiecesof
informationtorivalpatternsthatcanbederivedfromthepropositions
5)Criteriaforinterpretingthefindings–iterationbetweenpropositions
anddata,matchingsufficientlycontrastingrivalpatternstodata;
there
isnoprecisewayofsettingthecriteria
1
Researchdesignlinksthedatatobecollectedandconclusionstobedrawntothe
initialquestionsofthestudy–itprovidesaconceptualframework&
anactionplan
forgettingfromquestionstosetofconclusions.
Preliminarytheory&
blueprintofthestudy:
havingsolvedthefivesteps
mentionedaboveleadstotheformationofaloosetheory&
ablueprintrelated
tothetopicofstudy
-Initialtheory&
understandingofwhatisbeingstudiedisnecessary
beforeanyfieldcontacts;
thecompleteresearchdesignembodiesa“theory”
ofwhatisbeingstudied
Decidingbetweenexplanatory,exploratoryanddescriptivedesigns:
-Dependsontherichnessoftherivalpropositionsintheoriesrelatedtothe
topicofthestudy;
richesttheoriesallowexplanatorydesigns
->
Searchfortheoreticalpropositionsthatcanbeelaboratedtocoverstudy
questions,propositions,unitsofanalysis,data-propositionlinks&
criteriaof
interpretation
Reviewingliterature,discussingwithinvestigators,askingchallenging
questions,thinkingwhatistobelearnedfromthestudy
Beingawareoftherangeoftheories&
selectingtherequiredlevel
(individual,organization,societal)
Constructionofthedesign/conceptualframeworktakestime&
canbe
difficult,butisacrucialstepforthesuccessofthestudy
Selectionofthecases:
-Casesshouldbeselectedinthesamewayasthetopicofanexperimentis
selected
Developedpreliminarytheoryisusedasatemplatewithwhichtocompare
thecharacteristics&
empiricalfindingsfromthecase(s)
Selectedcasesshouldreflectcharacteristics&
problemsidentifiedinthe
underlyingtheoreticalpropositions/conceptualframework
Thelevelofgeneralizationofthestudyresults=appropriatelydeveloped
preliminarytheory/studydesign
-Modeofgeneralization=theory-relatedanalyticgeneralization,not
statistical
-Analyticgeneralizationpossiblefromoneormorecases
HOWMANYOFCASES&
UNITSOFANALYSIS?
1)Case–representssomehowtheinterestingtopicofthestudyempirically(e.g.
theroleoftheUnitedStatesintheworldeconomy)2)Unitofanalysis–istheactualsourceofinformation:
individual,
organizationaldocument,artifact,forexample(e.g.thecapitalflowbetween
countries,aneconomicpolicy)
1)Cases:
A)Singlecases–ifcaseseemstorepresentacriticaltesttoexistingtheory;
rareoruniqueevents->
Importanttoselectcase&
unitofanalysisproperly
2
B)Multiplecases–ifa“replicationlogic”issupposedtorevealsup
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