How to Do Your Case Study : A Guide for Students and Researchers

Thomas, Gary

ISBN 10: 0857025635 / ISBN 13: 9780857025630

Published by SAGE Publications, Limited, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Do Your Case Study : A Guide for Students and Researchers
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857025635
• ISBN 13: 9780857025630
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This accessible text introduces students and researchers to the basics of case study research, using a wide range of real-life examples. It deals with the core issues and methods that anyone new to case study will need to understand: What is a case study? When and why should case study methods be used? How are case studies designed? What methods can be used? How do we analyze our data and write up our case?

About the Author

Gary Thomas is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education, with a particular focus on case study. He has conducted research funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, Barnardos, local authorities, and a range of other organisations. He has coedited the British Educational Research Journal and is currently an executive editor of Educational Review. He is author of many books, most recently Education: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.