A Review of the Literature on Case Study Research

Auteurs-es

  • Patricia Anne Brown University of Calgary

Mots-clés :

Case Study, Merriam, Methodology Literature, Quantitative, Qualitative

Résumé

This paper presents a review of the literature on case study research and comments on the ongoing debate of the value of case study. A research paradigm and its theoretical framework is described. This review focuses extensively on the positions of Merriam (1998), Yin (1981, 1984, 1994, 1999, 2003a, 2003b, 2005), and Stake (1978/2000, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2008) as foundational writers in the area of case study research. As well, a range of voices in the debate related to case study research and its position as a research methodology in both the quantitative and qualitative paradigms are identified.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Patricia Anne Brown, University of Calgary

B.Sc. Sciences politiques Cert. en APO M.A. en éducation (Technologies éducatives) Doctorant en éducation (Technologies éducatives) Dép. des sciences de l'éducation Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Membre du LERTIE Membre du Réseau Probléma French Associate Editor – CJNSE/RCJCÉ Senior Web Editor – CJNSE/RCJCÉ Francophone Student Liaison CCGSE/CCÉDÉ

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Literature Review/Revue de la documentation