The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods
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The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods

About this book

Case-based methods have a long history in the social sciences. They are extensively used and raise many practical and theoretical questions. This book provides a comprehensive, critical examination of case-oriented research. It offers concrete proposals about the best research methods and provides an unparalleled guide to the emergence and complexity of the field.

The Handbook:

- Situates the reader in the essential theoretical and practical issues;

- Demonstrates the unity and diversity of case-oriented research through an examination of case-based methods;

- Distinguishes between case-based and case study research;

- Elucidates the philosophical issues around case based methods;

- Examines case-based work in the context of both social theory and theories of research methods.

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Yes, you can access The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods by David Byrne, Charles C Ragin, David Byrne,Charles C Ragin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Research & Methodology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Notes on Contributors
  5. Introduction - Case-Based Methods: Why We Need Them; What They Are; How to Do Them
  6. PART ONE - The Methodological Context of Case-Based Methods
  7. 1 Complexity and Case
  8. 2 The Contextualist Approach to Social Science Methodology
  9. 3 Reflexivity, Realism and the Process of Casing
  10. 4 Single-Case Probabilities
  11. 5 Complex Realist and Configurational Approaches to Cases: A Radical Synthesis
  12. PART TWO - Methods and Techniques of Case-Based Research
  13. Typologies – Ways of Sorting Things Out
  14. 6 Explanatory Typologies in Qualitative Analysis
  15. 7 Introducing Cluster Analysis:What Can It Teach Us about the Case?
  16. 8 Visualising Types: The Potential of Correspondence Analysis
  17. 9 How Classification Works,or Doesn’t: The Case of Chronic Pain
  18. 10 Case-Centred Methods and Quantitative Analysis
  19. 11 The Logic and Assumptions of MDSO–MSDO Designs
  20. 12 The Case for Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Adding Leverage for Thick Cross-Case Comparison
  21. 13 On the Duality of Cases and Variables: Correspondence Analysis (CA) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
  22. 14 Using Cluster Analysis, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and NVivo in Relation to the Establishment of Causal Configurations with Pre-existing Large-N Datasets: Machining Hermeneutics
  23. Qualitative Approaches to Case-Based Research
  24. 15 Computer-Based Qualitative Methods in Case Study Research
  25. 16 Extending the Ethnographic Case Study
  26. 17 Scope in Case Study Research
  27. 18 Small-N Access Cases to Refine Theories of Social Exclusion and Access to Socially Excluded Individuals and Groups
  28. 19 Using Comparative Data:A Systems Approach to a Multiple Case Study
  29. PART THREE - Case-Based Methods in Disciplines and Fields
  30. 20 Making the Most ofan Historical Case Study: Configuration, Sequence, Casing, and the US Old-age Pension Movement
  31. 21Poetry and History: The Case for Literary Evidence
  32. 22 Cultural Case Studies
  33. 23 Social Interactions and the Demand for Sport: Cluster Analysis in Economics
  34. 24 The Proper Relationship of Comparative-Historical Analysis to Statistical Analysis:Subordination, Integration, or Separation?
  35. 25 Case Studies and the Configurational Analysis of Organizational Phenomena
  36. 26 The Case in Medicine
  37. 27 Team-Based Aggregation of Qualitative Case Study Data in Health Care Contexts: Challenges and Learning
  38. 28 Working with Cases in Development Contexts: Some Insights from an Outlier
  39. 29 Non-nested and Nested Cases in a Socioeconomic Village Study
  40. 30 Causality and Interpretation in Qualitative Policy-Related Research
  41. 31 Reflections on Casing and Case-Oriented Research
  42. Author Index
  43. Subject Index