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Introducing single case study research design: an overview
1Napier University, Edinburgh.
Abstract:
An overview of case study research The use of case study design in research has a long and distinguished history in many disciplines ( 1 ). It is used in law, education, history, medicine, psychology and business ( 2 ). Yin ( 3 ) stated that case studies are essential for social science and that they are used extensively in practice-oriented professions. Examples of studies include those of Freud, from which he derived his theories of personality ( 4 ), and Whyte's study of neighbourhood gangs in Chicago ( 5 ), which was found by other researchers ( 6 ) to be a typical case and again, as in the example of Freud, led to the development of theory. The term 'case study' refers to both a process of inquiry - that is, studying a case or designing and executing a case study - and its end product, the case study or 'case report' ( 7 ).
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