What is a case study?

Alison Twycross

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Abstract

Case study is a research methodology, typically seen in social and life sciences. There is no one definition of case study research. However, very simply… ‘a case study can be defined as an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units’. A case study has also been described as an intensive, systematic investigation of a single individual, group, community or some other unit in which the researcher examines in-depth data relating to several variables.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-8
JournalEvidence-Based Nursing
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1103 Clinical Sciences

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