Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers

Reflecting recent knowledge and developments in the field, this very practical, easy-to-use guide emphasizes learning how to do case study research―from the first step of deciding whether a case study is the way to go to the last step of verifying and confirming findings before disseminating them. The authors show students how to determine an appropriate research design, conduct informative interviews, record observations, document analyses, delineate ways to confirm case study findings, describe methods for deriving meaning from data, and communicate their findings. Featuring many new examples, the Third Edition offers step-by-step guidance to help beginning researchers through the stages of planning and implementing a thesis, dissertation, or independent project. This succinct “how-to” guide is an excellent place for anyone to begin doing case study research.

Book Features:

• Straightforward introduction to the science of doing case study research.
• A step-by-step approach that speaks directly to the novice investigator.
• Many concrete examples to illustrate key concepts.
• Questions, illustrations, and activities to reinforce what has been learned.

Dawson R. Hancock is asssociate dean for research and Graduate Studies and a research professor in the College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Bob Algozzine is a research professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.