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Yin, R. K. (2009). Case study research: Design and methods (4th Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

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A case study is expected to capture the complexity of a single case, and the methodology which enables this has developed within the social sciences. Such methodology is applied not only in the social sciences, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, but also in practice-oriented fields such as environmental studies, social work, education, and business studies. As we can see from the papers presented at this conference, case studies are very well represented. At least a third of the papers discuss some aspect of case study methodology.

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Case Study Research Design and Methods (2014) is currently in its fi ft h edition and continues to be a seminal text for researchers and students engaged in case study research. Since the book's fi rst release 30 years ago (1984), case study research has gained considerable acceptance as a research method, likely a result of Yin's unyielding position that case study be considered a separate and all-encompassing method with its own research design. Th is current edition of the book is heavily infl uenced by the advances in case study research and remains a defi nitive guide on how to design more rigorous and methodologically sound case studies that will stand up to questions of validity and reliability. Importantly, Yin manages to link theory and practice by presenting the breadth of case study research and its historical signifi cance at a practical level. It is Yin's view that, when "the process has been given careful attention, the potential result is the production of a high-quality case study" (p. 199). Th us, a comprehensive and systematic outline for undertaking the design and conduct of a case study is presented in a very straightforward and readable manner throughout the book's 282 pages. Ultimately, Yin argues that case study research is a challenging endeavour that hinges upon the researcher's skills and expertise. As such, this edition includes more diffi cult concepts to guide researchers and students in the work of carrying out more rigorous case study research, thereby retaining Yin's ultimate goal "to improve our social science methods and practices over those of previous generations of scholars" (p. xxvi). Building on the key strengths of earlier editions, the book's crisp structure has benefi ted from numerous editions with reviewer feedback, and it continues to serve as an exemplar for other methodological guides. Th e book shows the case study research process as a "linear but iterative process" (p. xxii) and provides practical and technical discussions on each of the six elements of case study research: the plan, design, preparation, data collection, analysis and reporting. Each of these features forms the topic of the book's six chapters and together are represented by an overarching six-circled visual display. For those researchers interested in going a little deeper into some elements, Yin also provides practical exercises with challenging methodological questions or situations that can be addressed. Th rough these structural features, as well as the book's enhanced headings and subheadings, numerous supporting resources, and the excellent cross-referenced index in Appendix C, Yin makes a complex methodology much more approachable.

 When should we use case studies? 267  The case study design process 268  Types of case study design 274  Data collection sources 277  Quality in case studies: validity and reliability 279  Analysing the evidence 282  Composing case study reports 286 Keywords  Case study design  Causal relationships  Multiple data sources  Unit of analysis  Converging evidence  Cross-case comparisons

By now, the case study method has attained routine status as a viable method for doing education research. 1 Other methods include but are not limited to surveys, ethnographies, experiments, quasi-experiments, economic and statistical modeling, histories, research syntheses, and developmental methods. 2 Summary Point No. 1:

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Recognized as one of the most cited methodology books in the social sciences, the Sixth Edition of Robert K. Yin′s bestselling text provides a complete portal to the world of case study research. With the integration of 11 applications in this edition, the book gives readers access to exemplary case studies drawn from a wide variety of academic and applied fields. Ultimately, Case Study Research and Applications will guide students in the successful design and use of the case study research method.

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• Includes 11 in depth applications that show how researchers have implemented case study methods successfully.
• Increases reference to relativist and constructivist approaches to case study research, as well as how case studies can be part of mixed methods projects.
• Places greater emphasis on using plausible rival explanations to bolster case study quality.
• Discusses synthesizing findings across case studies in a multiple case study in more detail
• Adds an expanded list of 15 fields that have text or texts devoted to case study research.
• Sharpens discussion of distinguishing research from non research case studies.
• The author brings to light at least three remaining gaps to be filled in the future:
• how rival explanations can become more routinely integrated into all case study research;
• the difference between case based and variable based approaches to designing and analyzing case studies; and
• the relationship between case study research and qualitative research.
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Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm.  Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.

Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children’s National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese).  Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.

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Robert K. Yin, Ph.D., serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm that has been in operation since 1980. Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for government agencies, private foundations, and other entrepreneurial and non-profit organizations. At COSMOS, Dr. Yin actively leads various research projects, including those in which the case study method is used. He has authored numerous books and peer-reviewed articles, including Case Study Research and Applications of Case Study Research. In 1998 he founded the “Robert K. Yin Fund” at M.I.T., which supports seminars on brain sciences, as well as other activities related to the advancement of pre-doctoral students in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

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