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Case for the Case Study
. Ed(S): Feagin, Joe R.; Orum, Anthony M.; Sjoberg, Gideon
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Paperback. Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case for the Case Study provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative research: the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena. Editor(s): Feagin, Joe R.; Orum, Anthony M.; Sjoberg, Gideon. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case for the Case Study provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative reserach: the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena. The first section of the book contains an overview of the central methodological issues involved in the use of the case study method. Then, well-known scholars describe how they undertook case study research in order to undersand changes in church involvement, city life, gender roles, white-collar crimes, family structure, homelessness, and other types of social experience. Each contributor contronts several ... Read more
Since the end of World War II, social science research has become increasingly quantitative in nature. A Case for the Case Study provides a rationale for an alternative to quantitative reserach: the close investigation of single instances of social phenomena. The first section of the book contains an overview of the central methodological issues involved in the use of the case study method. Then, well-known scholars describe how they undertook case study research in order to undersand changes in church involvement, city life, gender roles, white-collar crimes, family structure, homelessness, and other types of social experience. Each contributor contronts several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807843215
SKU
V9780807843215
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About . Ed(S): Feagin, Joe R.; Orum, Anthony M.; Sjoberg, Gideon
Joe R. Feagin is professor of sociology at the University of Florida.|Antony M. Orum is professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.|0
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