04040cam a2200373 i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200032000840350013001160400032001290420008001610490026001690500019001951000035002142450100002492500020003492640085003693000023004543360026004773370028005033380027005314900034005585040065005925050474006575200894011315201390020256500044034156500017034596550027034769420015035039990019035189520129035371927997320251109085616.0160920s2017    enk      b    000 0 eng    a  2016025901  a9781107181267q(hard cover)  a19279973  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdAU  apcc  aAlfaisal Main Library00aH62b.G47 20171 aGerring, John,d1962-eauthor.10aCase study research :bprinciples and practices /cJohn Gerring, University of Texas at Austin.  aSecond edition. 1aCambridge, United Kingdom ;aNew York, NY :bCambridge University Press,c©2017  a332 pages c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aStrategies for social inquiry  aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 274-318) and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: Preface; Part I. Case Studies: 1. Surveys; 2. Definitions; Part II. Selecting Cases: 3. Overview of case selection; 4. Descriptive case studies; 5. Causal case studies; 6. Algorithms and samples; Part III. Analyzing Cases: 7. A typology of research designs; 8. Quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis; Part IV. Validity: 9. Internal validity; 10. External validity; Part V. Conclusions: 11. Tradeoffs; Part VI. References; Index.  a"Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, education, medicine, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Topics include: a survey of case study approaches; a methodologically tractable definition of 'case study'; strategies for case selection, including random sampling and other algorithmic approaches; quantitative and qualitative modes of case study analysis; and problems of internal and external validity. The second edition of this core textbook is designed to be accessible to readers who are new to the subject and is thoroughly revised and updated, incorporating recent research and numerous up-to-date studies"--  a"Case Study Research: Principles and Practices provides a general understanding of the case study method as well as specific tools for its successful implementation. These tools are applicable in a variety of fields including anthropology, business and management, communications, economics, education, medicine, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Topics include: a survey of case study approaches; a methodologically tractable definition of "case study"; strategies for case selection, including random sampling and other algorithmic approaches; quantitative and qualitative modes of case study analysis; and problems of internal and external validity. The new edition of this core textbook is designed to be accessible to readers who are new to the subject and is thoroughly revised and updated, incorporating recent research and numerous up-to-date studies. John Gerring is Professor of Government at University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996 (Cambridge, 1998), A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (Cambridge, 2008), Concepts and Method: Giovanni Sartori and His Legacy (with David Collier, 2009), Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework, second edition (Cambridge, 2012), and Applied Social Science Methodology (with Dino Christenson, Cambridge, forthcoming), along with numerous articles"-- 0aSocial sciencesxResearchxMethodology. 0aCase method. 0aPrint books.2local94  2lcccBOOKS  c607831d607831  00102lcc4070aAUbAUcGENd2025-11-09l0oH62 .G47 2017pAU00000000020838r2025-11-09 08:57:33v461.00w2025-11-09yBOOKS