案例研究设计与方法Case Study Research Design and Methods.doc

Case Study Research. Design and Methods (1994, Second edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage) By Robert K. Yin Summary General characteristics When to use case study method? The type of research question: typically to answer questions like “how” or “why” Extent of control over behavioural events: when investigator has a little/no possibility to control the events General circumstances of the phenomenon to be studied: contemporary phenomenon in a real-life context Case study is an empirical inquiry, in which: -Focus is on a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context boundaries between phenome