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020			_a9781107181267 _q(hard cover)
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aH62 _b.G47 2017
100	1		_aGerring, John, _d1962- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCase study research : _bprinciples and practices / _cJohn Gerring, University of Texas at Austin.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c©2017
300			_a332 pages _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aStrategies for social inquiry
504			_aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 274-318) and index.
505	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.
520			_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"--
520			_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"--
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aCase method.
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