Evaluate the Case Study Design

Evaluate the Case Study Design

The case study design is an in-depth investigation of something that is individual, that is unique – and this can mean an individual person, a particular group, an event of some kind, or a specific community. This design closely studies genuine, actual, everyday situations. The design utilizes the compilation and contribution of detailed information about a specific person or even a small group. The data that is accumulated is infused with the individual interpretations and explanations of the specific participants.

The case study is an intense examination of an the unique individual, or group, or event, extracting conclusions specific to that individual and only in that individual’s particular situation or setting. In psychology research, case studies are normally limited to the examination of a particular individual. The information that is obtained in this type of design is characteristically historical in nature and relates to experiences in the participant’s past. In addition to understanding what the participant has experienced in their past, case study designs also include important and significant events that are also occurring in the participant’s routine life.

Case study research is a design in which the researcher studies an individual case or several cases over time. This is accomplished through methods that entail detailed collection of data from numerous sources that can include observations, interviews, and reviews of documents and reports. This is a very popular design, which is flexible because the term ‘single’ can be defined in several ways.

This is very different from the narrative research that we learned about earlier. It is not unusual for students to get the two designs confused with one another. To help resolve this issue, it is important to remember that narrative research is a design that describes the highly detailed life experiences of a single individual that focuses on the participants’ account of their story and how individuals make sense of their life, or story.

Assignment

Your task this week is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for an undergraduate psychology research methods course in which you synthesize and evaluate key components and principles of case study research. To do so, you will need to locate at least two peer-review articles in which the researchers used a case study design. You will use these studies as well as three peer-reviewed articles related to the topic you submitted in Week 1 (Equal Employment Opportunity) , to help illustrate points throughout your presentation. (Week 1 topic was about Equal Employment Opportunity, I will attach the files from previous weeks).

The presentation should critically demonstrate the following:

• Identify the strengths, challenges, assumptions, and limitations of the design.

• Appraise the role of the researcher in this qualitative design method. Note any potential ethical considerations.

• Generate sample research question(s) based upon your topic choice from Week 1 that would be appropriate for this design, justifying your questions.

• Define the essential components of case study design, and explain how these components fit within the overall framework of this design.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 10-12 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 200-300 words for each slide

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Qualitative Research Design

Qualitative inquiry is all about collecting information of real-world observations that has emerged from the interplay of the direct experience of the researcher. In addition to this, the topic of interest in qualitative inquiry is derived from attendant empirical research and theoretical traditions. Such kind of inquiry refers to the gathering of events with the help of using a sequence of events that is significant to the researcher and for the target audience. There are various methods used by the researcher in order to perform a qualitative research, such as interview, survey and questionnaire(Charmaz, 2014).

Method of Gathering Information

There are various methods of collecting information for designing qualitative research.The interview is one of the most common and effective methods used by the researcher for collecting information of real-world observations of individuals. In addition to this, another aspect of such kind of research is sociality that directly implies that narrative inquiry is associated to inquire about the social aspects of the individuals(Glaser & Strauss, 2009).With the help of an interview, the researcher is able to collect the information of ongoing participants who are narrating their stories.  Interview questions could be different for different researcher on different topics or on the same topic.

Research Questions

 

 

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