About the author |
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Preface |
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Online resources |
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A roadmap for conducting a case study, using this book |
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STAGE 1 GETTING YOUR BEARINGS |
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Is the case study scientific? |
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The subject and object of a case study |
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Forms of case study and six steps to follow in devising your own |
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If you take only one thing from this chapter, take this |
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2 The case study and research design |
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First things first: your purpose |
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Using the literature and a storyboard to help you design your case study |
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This case study in the typology |
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How to go from idea to question to case study |
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Questions and different approaches to research |
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Design frames and methods |
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3 The whole is more than the sum of the parts: seeing a complete picture |
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Break things down or see them as wholes? |
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Dramas, theatres and stages |
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4 Rigour and quality in your case study: what is important? |
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Is the `sample' important in case study? |
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Do I have to worry about reliability and validity in a case study? |
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Confidentiality and anonymity |
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Data security and stewardship |
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Care for your participants - and yourself |
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Where do I put discussion about ethics in my case study write-up? |
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Getting clearance - ethical review |
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If you take only one thing from this chapter, take this |
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STAGE 2 CHOOSING A CASE AND STRUCTURING YOUR STUDY |
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6 Different kinds of case studies: selecting a subject for your case study |
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How do you select your case study subject? |
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Same starting points, different paths - there is no single right way |
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7 Your purpose: thinking about the object of your study |
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131 | (4) |
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8 Your approach: theory testing or theory building; interpretation or illustration |
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Theory testing or theory building |
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Drawing a picture - illustrative-demonstrative |
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If you take only one thing from this chapter, take this |
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9 Your process: the shape, style and manner of your case study |
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Time as a dimension of the case study |
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The multiple or collective or comparative case (or cross-case analysis) |
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Parallel and sequential studies |
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STAGE 3 COLLECTING EVIDENCE, ANALYSING AND WRITING IT UP |
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10 Out in the field: some ways to collect data and evidence |
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Group interviews and focus groups |
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212 | (3) |
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Official statistics and other numerical data |
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11 Analysis: a toolkit for analysing and thinking in case study |
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Interpretative inquiry: eliciting themes |
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236 | (2) |
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Drawing storyboards - the nuts and bolts |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (6) |
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Being intuitive and imaginative |
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262 | (22) |
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Writing up your case study |
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Two examples of good analysis, argument and writing |
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Remember you have an audience |
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If you take only one thing from this chapter, take this... |
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...and this - a final thought |
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References |
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Index |
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