Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. Getting Started: How to Know Whether and When to Use the
Case Study as a Research Method
Being Ready for the Challenge, and Setting High Expectations
Comparing Case Studies With Other Social Science Research
Methods
Variations in Case Studies, but a Common Definition
Addressing Traditional Concerns About Case Study Research
Summary
Notes to Chapter 1
Chapter 2. Designing Case Studies: Identifying Your Case(s) and
Establishing the Logic of Your Case Study
General Approach to Designing Case Studies
The Role of Theory in Research Designs
Criteria for Judging the Quality of Research Designs
Case Study Research Designs
Modest Advice in Selecting Case Study Designs
Notes to Chapter 2
Application #1: An Exploratory Case Study: How New Organizational
Practices Become Routinized
Application #2: Defining the “Case” in a Case Study: Linking Job
Training and Economic Development Initiatives at the Local
Level
Application #3: How “Discovery” Can Occur in the Field: Social
Stratification in a Midsized Community
Chapter 3. Preparing to Collect Case Study Evidence: What You Need
to Do Before Starting to Collect Case Study Data
The Case Study Researcher: Desired Skills and Values
Preparation and Training for a Specific Case Study
The Case Study Protocol
Screening the Candidate Cases for Your Case Study
The Pilot Case Study
Summary
Notes to Chapter 3
Chapter 4. Collecting Case Study Evidence: The Principles You
Should Follow in Working With Six Sources of Evidence
Six Sources of Evidence
Four Principles of Data Collection
Summary
Notes to Chapter 4
Application #4: Doing Interviews in the Field: Citizens on
Patrol
Application #5: Making Field Observations: First Day in an Urban
Neighborhood
Application #6: Assembling a Question-and-Answer Database: A Case
Study of a Community Organization
Chapter 5. Analyzing Case Study Evidence: How to Start Your
Analysis, Your Analytic Choices, and How They Work
An Analytic Strategy: More Than Relying on Analytic Tools
Five Analytic Techniques
Pressing for a High-Quality Analysis
Summary
Notes to Chapter 5
Application #7: Using a Case Study to Compare Directly Competing
Rival Hypotheses: Whether Military Base Closures Produce
Catastrophic Economic Impacts or Not
Application #8: A Nutshell Example of an Explanatory Case Study:
How a Federal Award Affected a University Computer Department
Application #9: An Explanatory Case Study: Transforming a Business
Firm Through Strategic Planning
Chapter 6. Reporting Case Studies: How and What to Compose
Audiences for Case Study Research
Varieties of Case Study Compositions
Procedures in Composing a Case Study
What Makes an Exemplary Case Study?
Notes to Chapter 6
Application #10: A Multiple-Case Study Integrating Qualitative and
Quantitative Data: Proposal Processing at 17 Universities
Appendix A. A Note on the Uses of Case Study Research in
Psychology
Appendix B. A Note on the Uses of Case Study Research in
Evaluations
Application #11: An Evaluation Case Study: Evaluation of a
Community Coalition’s Campaign
Brief Glossary of Terms Directly Related to Case Study Research
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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.
"The book is filled with tips to the researcher on how to master
the craft of doing research overall and specifically how to account
for multi-layered cases."
*Asta Zelenkauskaite*
"Yin covers all of the basic and advanced knowledge for conducting
case study and why they are useful for specific research studies
without getting lost in the weeds."
*Michael A Guerra*
"The applications enhance the original material because it gives
the reader concrete examples."
*Claretha Hughes*
"Yin is much more in-depth on case study methods both within a
general qualitative text and any other case study text I have
seen."
*David M. Sprick, PhD*
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