Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Vol. 5 » (4th Edition)

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 predoctoral students in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

The Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text presents the breadth of the case study method but at a detailed level and serves as a complete portal to the world of case study research.

The Fourth Edition now covers more than 50 case studies, about one-quarter of them not cited in earlier editions, with vignettes of the case studies appearing throughout the text. Similarly, this edition contains numerous citations to the most recent literature. New methodological insights cover the similarities between case studies and other social science methods. The book gives fresh attention to different quantitative analyses as they might be used as parts of case studies and also discusses more fully the use of mixed methods research designs. The Fourth Edition retains two important components in much their same form, from previous editions. The first is the chapter on composing case study research, given the importance yet difficulty of the compositional process. The second is Donald Campbell's insightful foreword.

Key Features

• Provides sound principles of case study research put into practice to identify and suggest solutions to problems commonly encountered when doing case studies
• Contains 44 boxes throughout the book describe real case studies in many different fields. The boxed examples illustrate points made in the text.
• Offers a comprehensive approach to presenting the case study method
• Pays special attention to case study design and analysis.
• Incorporates more pedagogy. For instance, chapter titles are followed with a brief abstract that summarizes the chapter's contents.

IntendedAudience

This text is ideal for students and instructors in the departments of Public Administration, Political Science, Education, Economics, Management and Psychology.

Foreword Donald T. Campbell Campbell, Donald T.

1 Introduction: How to Know Whether and When to Use Case Studies as a Research Method 3

2 Designing Case Studies: Identifying Your Case(s) and Establishing the Logic of Your Case Study 25

3 Preparing to Collect Case Study Evidence: What You Need to Do Before Starting to Collect Case Study Data 67

4 Collecting Case Study Evidence: The Principles You Should Follow in Working with Six Sources of Evidence 99

5 Analyzing Case Study Evidence: How to Start Your Analysis,YourAnalytic Choices, and How They Work 127

6 Reporting Case Studies: How and What to Compose 165

References 193

Author Index 203

Subject Index 207