Case Study

  1. Social science inquiry, stem from sociology, anthropology, psychology, educational research, constructivist paradigm.
  2. The central focus of case study uses “How” and “Why”. For example, how to determine the types of decisions made by nursing students and the factors that influenced the decision making?
  3. The use of terms such as “decide” “describe” “experience”
  4. Primary sources of data are multiple in nature, documents, reports, observations.
  5. Sampling in the research could be a single individual or situation. Some sampling can exhibit complex situations.
  6. Depending on the type of case study. Are you looking to describe a case, explore a case, or compare between cases?

Reference

Baxter, P., & Jack, S. (2008). Qualitative case study methodology: Study design and implementation for novice researchers. The qualitative report, 13(4), 544-559.

Yin, R. K. (2013). Case study research: Design and methods. Sage publications

Abubakar Binji

Abubakar Binji is an expert in news publishing, author and editor of various research articles and journals; acquired extensive experiences in the field of healthcare management, leadership, community health, and healthcare data analytics. He, Abubakar Binji has engaged in various scholarly research in United States of America and abroad.

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