Case Study Research: Design and Methods
Product Description
The Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin-s bestselling text presents the breadth of the case study method but at a detailed level.- It serves as a complete portal to the world of case study research.
The Fourth Edition now covers more than 50 case studies, about one-quarter of them not cited in earlier editions, with vignettes of the case studies appearing throughout the text. Similarly, this edition contains numerous citations to the most recent literature. New methodological insights cover the similarities between case studies and other social science methods. The book gives fresh attention to different quantitative analyses as they might be used as parts of case studies and also discusses more fully the use of mixed methods research designs. The Fourth Edition retains two important components in much their same form, from previous editions. The first is the chapter on composing case study research, given the importance yet difficulty of the compositional process. The second is Donald Campbell-s insightful foreword.
Key Features
- Provides sound principles of case study research put into practice to identify and suggest solutions to problems commonly encountered when doing case studies
- Contains 44 boxes throughout the book describe real case studies in many different fields. The boxed examples illustrate points made in the text.
- Offers a comprehensive approach to presenting the case study method
- Pays special attention to case study design and analysis.
- Incorporates more pedagogy. For instance, chapter titles are followed with a brief abstract that summarizes the chapter-s contents.
Intended Audience
This text is ideal for students and instructors in the departments of Public Administration, Political Science, Education, Economics, Management and Psychology.
Case Study Research: Design and Methods
Harsha Dayaratne said,
Wrote on June 6, 2010 @ 11:41 pm
I am reading for my MBA at PIM , University of Sri Jayawardanepura , Sri Lanka. As partial fulfilment of the MBA we are required to embark on a case study reaserch on a given Brand. I found this book to be extremely helpful in that there was no other book that provided a structured approach to doing a case study. I recommend this book to anyone who embarks on a case study research.
Rating: 5 / 5
T. Warner said,
Wrote on June 7, 2010 @ 1:44 am
If you are doing any kind of case study research and do not have this book, you need this. Dr. Yin is a leader in case study research and has valuable information regarding components to a dissertation that are unique to case studies.
Rating: 5 / 5
Michael D. OByrne said,
Wrote on June 7, 2010 @ 2:55 am
This is an expansion on Robert Yin’s previous case study methodology textbooks and it included updated research and increased focus on the theoretical grounding of the methodology. Those who are looking for a detailing of the rationale for using case study will find it here.
Rating: 5 / 5
Cecilia Craig said,
Wrote on June 7, 2010 @ 3:13 am
As a doctoral student, I purchased this book when a research professor at my university recommended it. I can see why! Since I am considering using the case study process for my dissertation research, this book helped me visualize how it might work. Yin filled the book with cogent examples from many fields, with references to find the original study. These examples were both relatively current and from decades past; this range of times helped me see the growth in the case study process and its breadth of applicability.
The book is not a follow-the-numbers process by any means, no cookie-cutter here. Instead, it contains a structured process from beginning to end, including analysis and reporting. Along the way, Yin forces the reader to ask questions and consider the applicability of the case study approach to one’s own work.
All in all, very helpful and no doubt, it will be a reference for me in years to come.
Rating: 5 / 5
Kivelã Hanna said,
Wrote on June 7, 2010 @ 4:49 am
I used this boos as one of the key references for the research part of my MBA dissertation.
Pretty handy and practical tools and quite good frameworks for structuring the whole work.
I liked this and especially the pictures a lot.
- Hanna
Rating: 4 / 5