The Art of Case Study Research

<p>This book presents a disciplined qualitative exploration of case study methods by drawing from naturalistic holistic ethnographic phenomenological and biographic research methods. </p><p>Robert E. Stake uses and annotates an actual case study to answer such questions as: How is the case selected? How do you select the case which will maximize what can be learned? How can what is learned from one case be applied to another? How can what is learned from a case be interpreted? In addition the book covers: the differences between quantitative and qualitative approaches; data-gathering including document review; coding sorting and pattern analysis; the roles of the researcher; triangulation; and reporting. </p>