Talk:Case study
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[edit] merging discussion
- It seems that this article doesn't have much merit for being separated from the main subject's article. Moreover, it reads as being copyvio. --Mecanismo | Talk 00:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Case method should be separate
In law, case method is the common shorthand for the casebook method of teaching law, which is dominant throughout the United States. Both "case method" and "casebook method" are included in Black's Law Dictionary, 7th ed. When I have the time I will redirect Case method to Casebook method and write that article. --Coolcaesar 05:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] a qualitative method?
This article seems influenced mainly by the Flyberg point of view (which I do not know). I strongly suggest (following Yin) defining the case study as a research strategy instead of a particular qualitative method which can comprise qualitative and/or quantitative approaches to data collection and analysis. Simple argumentation: You will find case studies in literature which use quantitative analysis. I write this just after having read the first paragraph. But that's that picture. The view that a case study is a qualitative method is simply too narrow. Bakterius 12:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
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This can't be left alone. This page suggests that case studies are not a qualitative method, while the page on methodology suggests that they are. Thomblake (talk) 16:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] This article is a mess
A lot of work is needed here. 201.81.242.122 08:34, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of trying to make clear the breadth of application of case-study methods, while keeping the social-science-derived methodological discussion, which is probably the best thinking on the subject. I am surprised that there is no article and little mention in Wikipedia of Single-(Subject|Case) Experimental Design. It was well-developed in the 1970s by behaviorists and is related to quality-control statistical methods. I will attempt to provide what I see lacking after further research on Wikipedia coverage. DCDuring 15:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
