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Case studies are a widely used research method across various disciplines, with 465 dissertations published in the last five years featuring 'case study' in their titles. They involve in-depth analysis of a bounded case in a real-life context, utilizing multiple sources of information to ensure credibility through triangulation. Case studies can be categorized into different types, including exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, intrinsic, and instrumental, depending on the research objectives.

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Case studies are a widely used research method across various disciplines, with 465 dissertations published in the last five years featuring 'case study' in their titles. They involve in-depth analysis of a bounded case in a real-life context, utilizing multiple sources of information to ensure credibility through triangulation. Case studies can be categorized into different types, including exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, intrinsic, and instrumental, depending on the research objectives.

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Case study

Case study is a popular method of conducting research as evidenced by our


recent database query which yielded 465 English language dissertations
with “case study” in the title published in the last 5 years. Case studies have
been used in a number of disciplines and fields of study including
psychology, anthropology, sociology, law, and medicine. A case study is
defined as the in-depth study of a case or cases in a real-life, contemporary
context or setting (Yin, 2014). Case studies have historically been used to
answer how or why questions (Yin, 2014). A case, or the object of the study,
can be an organization, program, or process (Yin, 2003), instant, event,
occasion, or person (Schwandt, 2015). The defining characteristic of a case
study is a delimiting of the case (Merriam, 2001). A case is a bounded
system. In other words, it is bounded by time and place. Another hallmark
of case study is its use of multiple sources of information (Creswell and
Poth, 2018) such as interviews, observations, documents, artifacts,
and audiovisual material. These multiple sources of information should lead
the researcher to the same findings, thus aiding in triangulation and helping
to establish the credibility of the research (Yazan, 2015).
There are two types of case designs, case studies and multiple case studies,
depending on the number of cases being studied. Case studies may be
further classified as exploratory, descriptive, or explanatory (Yin, 2014), or
intrinsic or instrumental (Stake, 1995). Exploratory case studies are used as
a means to identify the research questions or procedures that will be
employed in a future study. Descriptive case studies aim to describe the
phenomenon, or case, in its natural context. Explanatory case studies aim to
reveal how a condition or situation arose. An intrinsic case study emerges
from the need to learn about a particular case, whereas an instrumental
case study is employed when one seeks to learn about a larger issue or
phenomenon by exploring one case.

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