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               Case Study-

The detailed study of individual, family, group, social institute, or society is case study. The whole lifecycle is studied in case study. A case study is an in-depth study of individual, group, event, institute etc. It is necessary to study each and every aspect of the life of the subject of which the case study is to be studied. The case study involves collection of information or history of the subject and its analysis to draw the conclusion. It is necessary to study the patterns and causes of particular behavior in case study. The soul of this method is to find out the correct reasons behind the particular behavior. Researcher has to take precaution for keeping all the collected information confidential. The information ofCase study can be used in many fields like psychology, medicine, education, anthropology, political science and even social work. A case study can have both strengths and weaknesses. Researcher has to take in the consideration these pros and cons before deciding whether this study is suitable for his work or not. A case study analyzes a defined problem in a real situation and solved by using real information.

Steps of case study-

1.       Determine the problem and define it.

2.       Decides the research method.

3.       Choose the cases and decide the tools and techniques to collect the information or data.

4.        Find out the evidences and collects the information or data by using appropriate tools and techniques.

5.        Focus on own knowledge.

6.        Decide the criteria.

7.       Analyze the collected data.

8.        Draw the conclusion based on the analysis of information or data.

9.        Generalize it to large units.

10.   Prepare the report.



 

Example- Study of a child who does not has interest in studying any subject.

The researcher has to find out reasons. Researcher has to study all the factors related to child’s life and collect the information. Researcher has to collect the information about the childhood of the child, his environment of his house where he brought up, his position in the class, his friend circle, his behavior with parents, teachers, friends, neighbors and even with himself. Once the information or data is collected the next step is to analyze it. Researcher tries to find out the factors behind not taking interest in studying any subject. Next step is more important as the researcher has to find out remedies to solve the problem. Researcher has to apply the remedies to see the effect. Case study has been extensively practiced in social and natural sciences.

Definitions of case study-

1.       According to John Gerring, “The case study approach is an intensive study of a single unit or a small number of units for the purpose of understanding a larger class of similar units.”

Advantages of case study-

1.       The result drawn from studying one case can be generalized to others of same group.

2.       The greatest advantage of case study is it allow researcher to investigate things that are difficult to impossible to conduct in a lab.

3.       It allows researcher to collect lot of information.

4.       It gives chance to the researcher to collect information on unusual cases.

5.       It allows researcher to derive the hypothesis that can be explored in the experimental research.

6.       Case study useful for formulating theories and concepts.

7.       Case study add descriptive richness and have more validity than quantitative study.

Limitations of the case study-

1.       Case study is very subjective so difficult to generalize results to large population.

2.       Ie does not demonstrate cause and effect.

3.       There is a chance of biasness of the researcher.

4.       It may not be scientifically rigorous.       

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