Case Study

By
Dr. Sandeep Kumar
(Assistant Professor)
(UIMS)
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 Course Objective

To understand science of case study and its various aspects.

To be aware about the process of case study.

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 Objective of the Topic

• To understand Basics of case study and its various

aspects.
• To be aware about the process of case study.

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 Meaning of Case Study

A case study is a comprehensive study of a social

unit of society, which may be a person, family group,
institution, community or event. A case study focuses
attention on a single unit thoroughly. The aim is that
to find out the influencing factors of a social unit and
the relationship between these factors and a social
unit.

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 Characteristics

Following are the characteristics:

• The number of unit to be studied is small.

• It studies a social unit deeply and thoroughly.

• It is qualitative as well as quantitative.

• It covers sufficient wide cycle of time.

• It has continuity in nature.

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 Stages in a Case Study Method of Data Collection

The techniques and processes of a case

study method are given as following:
• Choice of a case or selection of a problem.

• Description of the events.

• Factors influencing study.

• Data processing.

• Data recording.
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 Course Outcome

• Relevance of case study.

• How to plan case study.

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 Topic Outcome

•Students gained basic understanding case studies.

•Students understood conceptual knowledge of case study.

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 References

Bowdin, Glenn; Johnny Allen, William O'Toole, Rob Harris, Ian

McDonnell. Events Management (Events Management S.)

Goldblatt, Joe Twenty-First Century Global Event Management (The Wiley

Event Management Series)

References Steve Weinberg, The Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's

Guide to Documents and Techniques, St. Martin's Press, 1996. Investigative
Journalism: Context and Practice, Hugo de Burgh (ed), Routledge, London and
New York, 2000. Ansell et al (2002) „Investigative Journalism in Africa:
Walking through a Minefield at Midnight‟ Reporters without Borders. Itule,
Bruce and Anderson, Douglas (2007): News Writing and Reporting for Today’s
Media 7th edition. McGraw Hill New York U.S.A.

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Queries

Thanks

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