CASE STUDY

FROM A CASE TO A PORTRAIT

 A CASE STUDY IS AN EXPLORATION OF A
“BOUNDED SYSTEM” OR A CASE (OR MORE)
OVER TIME THROUGH DETAILED, IN DEPTH
DATA COLLECTION INVOLVING MULTIPLE
SOURCES OF INFORMATION RICH IN
CONTEXT.
 FOCUS DEVELOPING AN IN-DEPTH
ANALYSIS OF AN SINGLE
CASE OR MORE

DATA COLLECTION MULTIPLE SOURCES-

DOCUMENTS, ARCHIVAL
CASE STUDY RECORDS, INTERVIEWS,
OBSERVATION, PHYSICAL
ARTIFACTS.

DATA ANALYSIS DESCRIPTION, THEMES,

ASSERTIONS

NARRATIVE FORM IN-DEPTH STUDY OF A

“CASE” OR “CASES”
 TO PORTRAY
TO KNOW FROM ALL
POINT OF VIEW
CASE STUDY

TO KNOW THE PERSPECTIVES

TO DISPLAY MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE
CASE
 IDENTIFY A CASE OR MORE

CHOSE FROM CASES ONE OR

MORE

IF YOURS IS A DECIDE HOW TO GATHER

YOUR INFORMATION
CASE STUDY

DON’T FORGET BOUT THE

CASE AND ITS BACKGROUND

WHEN WHERE IS USUALLY

RELATIVE
 ENTRY VIGNETTE

INTRODUCTION (PROBLEMS,
QUESTION, CASE STUDY,
DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS,
OUTCOME)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE

(S) AND ITS (THEIR) CONTEXT
STRUCTURE
OF STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF ISSUES

DETAIL ABOUT SELECTED

ISSUES

ASSERTIONS

CLOSING VIGNETTE
 WHAT HAPPENED?

WHO WAS INVOLVED IN

RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT?

WHAT THEMES OF RESPOND

REASERCH EMERGED DURING THE 8
MONTH PERIOD THAT
QUESTION FOLLOWED THE INCIDENT?
CAMPUS RESPONSE GUNMAN
INCIDENT AT MIDWESTERN WHAT THEORETICAL
UNIV. CONSTRUCTS HELP US
UNDERSTAND THE CAMPUS
RESPONSE?
WHAT CONSTRUCTS WERE
UNIQUE TO THIS CASE?
 YOU NEED A GATEKEEPER
ACCESS AND
WHO HAS INITIAL CONTACT
RAPPORT FOR THE REASERCHER AND
ISSUES LEADS THE REASERCHER TO
OTHER INFORMANTS

WHAT GATEKEEPER NEEDS INFO ABOUT:

WHY WAS THE SITE CHOSEN FOR STUDY
WHAT WILL BE DONE IN THE SITE DURING THE REASERCH STUDY
WILL THE REASERCHER’S PRESENCE BE DISRUPTIVE

HOW WILL THE RESULTS BE RAPORTED

WHAT WILL THE GATEKEEPER GAIN FROM THE STUDY

 DATA
RECORDING

OBSERVATION
ACCESS/SITE
QUESTION

INTERVIEWS “ETHICAL ISSUES”

DOCUMENTS
REASERCH VIDEO MATERIALS
 DATA
ANALYSIS

DESCRIPTION PATTERNS

CATEGORIAL NATURALISTIC
AGGREGATION GENERALIZATIONS

DESCRIPTION
DIRECT
INTERPRETATION
 WRITING A
CASE STUDY
THERE IS NO STANDART FORMAT FOR REPORTING
CASE STUDY REASERCH

SOME CASE STUDY GENERATE A THEORY, SOME ARE

SIMPLY DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE, AND OTHER ARE
MORE ANALYTICAL IN NATURE AND DISPLAY CROSS-
CASE OR INTER-SITE COMPARISSONS
 A GOOD CASE
STUDY
IS THE REPORT IS EASY TO READ?
DOES IT FIT TOGETHER?
DOES THE REPORT HAVE A CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE?
ARE ITS ISSUES DEVELOPED IN A SERIOUS AND SCHOLARLY
WAY?

IS THE CASE ADEQUATELY DEFINED?

IS THERE A SENSE OF STORY TO THE PRESENTATION?

IS THE READER PROVIDED SOME VICAROUS EXPERIENCE?

HAVE QUESTIONS BEEN USED EFFECTIVALY?

ARE HEDINGS, FIGURES, ARTIFACTS, APPENDIXES AND INDEXES

USED EFFECTIVALY?

WAS IT EDITED WELL?

 A GOOD CASE
STUDY
HAS THE WRITER MADE SOUND ASSERTIONS, NEITHER OVER-
NOR-UNDER INTERPRETING?

HAS ADEQUATE ATTENTION BEEN PAID TO VARIOUS CONTEXT?

WERE SUFFICIENT RAW DATA PRESENTED?

WERE DATA SOURCE WELL CHOSEN AND IN SUFFICIENT NUMBER?

DO OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS APPEAR TO HAVE

BEEN TRIANGULATED?
IS THE ROLE AND POINT OF VIEW OF THE REASERCHER NICELY
APPARENT?
IS EMPATHY SHOWN FOR ALL SIDES?

DOES IT APPEAR THAT INDIVIDUALS WERE PUT AT RISK?

THANKS