Applications of Case Study Research

Robert K. Yin

SAGE Publications, 2012 - Social Science - 231 pages

Designed to help both graduate students and start-up researchers with their own case study research, this book presents 21 individual applications of the case study method together with cross-referenced discussions of key methodological issues. Many of the applications—including a wide array of single-case studies useful as examples for solo researchers—have been shortened or re-written expressly for this book.

Contents

• Part I Starting Points: 1
• Chapter 1 A Very Brief Refresher on the Case Study Method: 3
• Chapter 2 Field Notes: 21
• Chapter 3 The Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies: 27
• Part II Descriptive Case Studies: 49
• Chapter 4 StartUp for a Newly Appointed Education Leader: 51
• Chapter 5 Citizens on Patrol: 59
• Chapter 6 A Case Study of a Neighborhood Organization: 69
• Part III Explanatory Case Studies: 89
• The Effect of a Federal Award on a University Computer Science Department: 91
• Three Drug Prevention Examples: 95
• Chapter 9 Transforming a Business Firm Through Strategic Planning: 103
• Chapter 10 Rival Explanations: 117
• Part IV CrossCase Syntheses: 131
• Chapter 11 Proposal Processing by Public and Private Universities: 133
• Chapter 12 Case Studies of Transformed Firms: 145
• Part V Case Study Evaluations: 165
• Chapter 13 Evaluation of a Community Coalition: 167
• Chapter 14 Sheriffs Combined Auto Theft Task Force: 181
• Chapter 15 Technical Assistance for HIVAIDS Community Planning: 191
• References: 213
• Index: 217

About the author

Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm. Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children’s National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese). Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Applications of Case Study Research; Volume 34 of Applied Social Research Methods Series
• Author: Robert K. Yin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2012
• ISBN: 1412989167, 9781412989169
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: Reference / Research; Social Science / Research