- Histories: no access or control– rely on documents and artifacts (the past).
- Experiments: done when behavior can be manipulated– a social experiment.
- Surveys: large # of cases; thin descriptions; empirical generalizations
- Case studies emphasize thick descriptions
- “The real business of case study is particularization, not generalization. We take a particular case and come to know it well…There is emphasis on uniqueness…we emphasize placing an observer in the field to observe the workings of the case, one who records objectively what is happening but simultaneously examines its meaning and redirects observation to refine or substantiate those meanings.”
- Robert E. Stake. 1995, pg. 8-9
THE APPROACH - Preferred strategy for “how” or “why” questions.
- Can use for “what” questions, but ….
- “Who” or “where” questions or “how many” or “how much” or “extent” questions favor survey strategies or analysis of archival records.
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