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1、CASESTUDYMETHODSRobertK.YinCOSMOSCorporationREVISEDDRAFTJanuary20,2004Toappearinthe3rdeditionofComplementaryMethodsforResearchinEducation,AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation,Washington,DC,forthcoming.TheauthorextendssincerethankstoProfs.ChrisClark(UniversityofDelaware)andBobStake(Univ
2、ersityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign)fortheirhelpfulcommentsandtothevolumeeditor,GregoryCamilli,forhismethodicencouragementandfeedbackinreviewingearlierversionsofthischapter.RobertK.Yinreviseddraft,10/1/04CASESTUDYMETHODSRobertK.YinCOSMOSCorporationBynow,thecasestudymethodhasattainedroutin
3、estatusasaviablemethodfor1doingeducationresearch.Othermethodsincludebutarenotlimitedtosurveys,ethnographies,experiments,quasi-experiments,economicandstatisticalmodeling,2histories,researchsyntheses,anddevelopmentalmethods.SummaryPointNo.1:Comparedtoothermethods,thestrengthofthecasestudym
4、ethodisitsabilitytoexamine,in-depth,a“case”withinits“real-life”context.ThischapterofContemporaryMethodsgivesyouarunningstartinknowinghowtousethecasestudymethod,highlightingafewbasicconsiderations.Themainconsiderationshavebeencondensedevenfurther,intoaseriesof“summarypoints,”thefirsthavin
5、gjustbeennotedabove.Thechapterthenconcludeswithdiscussionguidesforfivecommon“worries”aboutusingthecasestudymethod.However,thecompactnessofthechaptershouldnotmisleadyouabouttherealchallengesindoingcasestudies.Formorehelpandgreaterdetailonthemethod,youneedtorefertoother,moreextensive3works
6、.Asanaid,keytermsinthischapterhavebeenitalicized,toenableyoutoreferto4particularpartsoftheseotherworks.WhentoUsetheCaseStudyMethodCasestudyresearchenablesyoutoinvestigateimportanttopicsnoteasilycoveredbyothermethods.Conversely,othermethodscovermanytopicsbetterthandoescasestudyRobertK.Yin
7、reviseddraft,10/1/041research.Theoverallideaisthatdifferentresearchmethodsservecomplementary5functions.Yourstudymightevenusemultiplemethodsthatincludethecasestudy.Thedistinctivetopicsforapplyingthecasestudymethodarisefromatleasttwosituations.Firstandmostimportant(e.g.,Sha
