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Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Begining Researchers

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• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• ISBN: 978-0807765869

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Doing Case Study Research

A practical guide for beginning researchers.

Fourth Edition

Dawson R. Hancock , Bob Algozzine , Jae Hoon Lim

Publication Date: October 1, 2021

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Now in a Fourth Edition, this how-to guide is an excellent starting point for anyone looking to begin case study research. The authors—all professors teaching graduate students in education and other professions—provide the structure, detail, and guidance needed for beginning researchers to complete a systematic case study. Improvements for this edition include more practical and detailed guidance for conducting a literature review, a more efficient and easy-to-understand reorganization of the case study examples, and updated citations throughout the text. As with previous editions, this succinct handbook emphasizes learning how to do case study research—from the first step of deciding whether a case study is the way to go to the last step of verifying and confirming findings before disseminating them. It shows students how to determine an appropriate research design, conduct informative interviews, record observations, document analyses, delineate ways to confirm case study findings, describe methods for deriving meaning from data, and communicate findings.

Book Features:

• Straightforward introduction to the science of doing case study research.
• A step-by-step approach that speaks directly to the novice investigator.
• Many concrete examples to illustrate key concepts.
• Questions, illustrations, and activities to reinforce what has been learned.

Dawson R. Hancock was associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Cato College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is currently a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. Bob Algozzine is a First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal recipient and emeritus professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at UNC Charlotte. Jae Hoon Lim is a professor of educational research at UNC Charlotte.

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"A highly accessible introductory text and a very quick read…(the authors) are pedagogically savvy when introducing readers to case study research."

— Journal of College Student Development

"Exceptionally well organized and presented, Doing Case Study Research is unreservedly recommended for community and academic library Study Skills Improvement collections."

— Midwest Book Review

" Doing Case Study Research provides a practical resource for beginning researchers who want a prescriptive step by step guide."

— Teachers College Record

“ Doing Case Study Research takes a complex research skill and makes it accessible. It’s a must-read for anyone conducting their first case study.” — Claudia Flowers , The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Preface ix Key Features x Rationale x Course Applications xi

Acknowledgments xiii

PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1

1.  Scientific Inquiry 3 Content Review 5 Activities and Applications 6

2.  Qualitative and Quantitative Research 7 Illustrations From Practice 10 Content Review 10 Activities and Applications 10

PART II: STAGES OF DOING CASE STUDY RESEARCH 13

3.  Setting the Stage 15 What Has Been Studied Using Case Study Research? 16 Illustrations From Practice 32 Content Review 34 Activities and Applications 34

4.  Determining What We Know 35 How to Do a Literature Review 37 Illustrations From Practice 39 Content Review 41 Activities and Applications 41

5.  Selecting a Design 42 Relations Between Design and Method 45 Illustrations From Practice 46 Content Review 50 Activities and Applications 51

6.  Gathering Information From Interviews 52 Illustration From Practice 54 Content Review 58 Activities and Applications 58

7.  Gathering Information From Observations 59 Design Illustrations 60 Illustrations From Practice 60 Content Review 62 Activities and Applications 62

8.  Gathering Information From Documents 63 Authenticity of Documents 64 Questions to Answer When Gathering Information From Documents 65 Illustrations From Practice 66 Content Review 67 Activities and Applications 67

9.  Summarizing and Interpreting the Information 68 Design illustration: Thinking About Method 69 Illustrations From Practice 70 Content Review 71 Activities and Applications 72

10.  Reporting Findings 73 How to Synthesize Findings 74 Design Illustration 75 Content Review 76 Activities and Applications 76

11.  Confirming Case Study Findings 77 Illustrations From Practice 78 Content Review 79 Activities and Applications 79

PART III: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 81

12.  Preparing Proposals for Case Study Research 83 Introduction 83 Review of Literature 84 Method 84 Supporting Materials 85 Frequently Asked Questions About Research Proposals 85 Content Review 89 Activities and Applications 89

13.  Disseminating Case Study Research 90 Introduction 91 Method 91 Results 92 Discussion 92 Content Review 93 Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers 93 Resources 93

Epilogue 95

Glossary 97

References 101

Annotated Bibliography 107

Other Resources 115

About the Authors 129

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Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers Dawson R. Hancock and Bob Algozzine New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2006, 106 pages, $19.95 (softcover)

Reviewed by Peter M. Magolda, Miami University

During the past 12 years, on six occasions I have ventured away from my world as a graduate school professor to serve on undergraduate thesis committees. In these instances, the students were intellectually curious, knowledgeable and passionate about their research topic, carefully supervised and mentored by their thesis advisors, and committed to producing high quality work as they prepared to conduct their first original research study. These students shared three additional commonalities: they all expressed a desire to conduct qualitative research; they all aspired to present their findings as a case study; and they all lacked formal training in qualitative research in general and case study research in particular. As the designated research methodologist on these thesis committees, I struggled to recommend accessible primer texts about qualitative case study research that might quickly AND thoroughly orient students to this seductively appealing, complex, and often over-simplified strand of qualitative research.

I had high hopes as I began reading Dawson Hancock and Bob Algozzine's Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers. I wanted this 13-chapter self-described "how to" text to be both reader-friendly and thorough, thus filling this void in the professional literature. The good news is that Doing Case Study Research is a highly accessible introductory text and a very quick read. The bad news is that it lacks depth and a theoretical foundation. The authors privilege breadth and simplicity rather than depth and complexity. Complexities and dilemmas that are inevitable in every qualitative case study are neither acknowledged nor discussed.

Despite this tepid endorsement, Doing Case Study Research has numerous assets. First, the book's focus is novel. It augments the over-abundance of qualitative inquiry texts that at best offer brief, perfunctory discussions about case study research. The...

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Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers 3rd Edition

Reflecting recent knowledge and developments in the field, this very practical, easy-to-use guide emphasizes learning how to do case study research―from the first step of deciding whether a case study is the way to go to the last step of verifying and confirming findings before disseminating them. The authors show students how to determine an appropriate research design, conduct informative interviews, record observations, document analyses, delineate ways to confirm case study findings, describe methods for deriving meaning from data, and communicate their findings. Featuring many new examples, the Third Edition offers step-by-step guidance to help beginning researchers through the stages of planning and implementing a thesis, dissertation, or independent project. This succinct “how-to” guide is an excellent place for anyone to begin doing case study research.

Book Features:

• Straightforward introduction to the science of doing case study research.
• A step-by-step approach that speaks directly to the novice investigator.
• Many concrete examples to illustrate key concepts.
• Questions, illustrations, and activities to reinforce what has been learned.
• ISBN-10 0807764353
• ISBN-13 978-0807764350
• Edition 3rd
• Publisher Teachers College Press
• Publication date December 30, 2016
• Language English
• Print length 128 pages
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Editorial Reviews

"A highly accessible introductory text and a very quick read…Hancock and Algozzine are pedagogically savvy when introducing readers to case study research."

― Journal of College Student Development

"Exceptionally well organized and presented, Doing Case Study Research is unreservedly recommended for community and academic library Study Skills Improvement collections."

― Midwest Book Review

"Doing Case Study Research provides a practical resource for beginning researchers who want a prescriptive step by step guide."

― Teachers College Record

“While this comprehensive, basic research tool is intended for doing case study research, the book also includes work on research foundations, stages of doing research,​ and putting it all together. It is most applicable to a range of research designs, other​ than case studies.” ― Terry Cicchelli , professor emerita, Fordham University

"Hancock and Algozzine have written the ‘go-to’ book on case study research. They start out with how case studies fit in with the continuum of qualitative and quantitative research, walk the reader through the stages and methods of case study research, and tie it all together with the “how-to” of preparing proposals and disseminating the results. Each chapter of this easy-to-read text ends with a set of content review questions and activities that guide the reader through applying the material. Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers is an essential resource for graduate students and professors working with case study research." ― William Owings , professor, Educational Leadership at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

About the Author

Dawson R. Hancock is asssociate dean for research and Graduate Studies and a research professor in the College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Bob Algozzine is a research professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Teachers College Press; 3rd edition (December 30, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807764353
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807764350
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds

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