How to do your case study : a guide for students and researchers /
Gary Thomas.
- Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : Sage, 2011.
- xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-224) and index.
PART ONE: GETTING YOUR BEARINGS ; What Is a Case Study? ; Case Study and Research Design ; Models of the Whole ; Ensuring Quality in Your Case Study: What's Important? -- PART TWO: GETTING DOWN TO DOING IT ; Kinds of Case Studies: Finding Your Case ; Your Purpose ; Your Approach ; Your Process -- PART THREE: GETTING ON WITH IT AND FINISHING ; Out in the Field: Some Ways to Collect Data and Evidence ; A Toolkit for Analysing and Thinking ; Writing Your Study ; The Fancy Stuff: Generalization, Induction, Abduction, Phronesis and Theory.