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Definition of Case Study
( noun ) A detailed and in-depth study of a single case , involving an event, group , individual, or organization .
Examples of Case Study
- An in-depth research project of male allies that try to prevent violence against women completed through interviews and surveys .
- Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum (1943) by William Foote Whyte (1914–2000)
- Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community (1990) by Elijah Anderson (born 1943)
Case Study Pronunciation
Pronunciation Usage Guide
Syllabification : case stud·y
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /kAYs stUHd-ee/
- British English – /kAYs stUHd-ee/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /keɪs ˈstʌdi/
- British English – /keɪs ˈstʌdi/
Usage Notes
- Plural: case studies
- The term refers to both the subject and method of study .
- Case studies are often based on ethnographic research and conducted through participant observation , instead of aggregate data such as a sample of a population .
- Variant spelling: case-study
- Also called case report .
Additional Information
- Qualitative Research Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Quantitative Research Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Word origin of “case” and “study” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Feagin, Joe R., Anthony M. Orum, and Gideon Sjoberg, eds. 1991. A Case for the Case Study . Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
- Gerring, John. 2009. Case Study Research: Principles and Practices . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Thomas, Gary. 2011. How to Do Your Case Study: A Guide for Students and Researchers . Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Related Terms
- cohort study
- generalizability
- longitudinal study
- qualitative research
- quantitative research
- reliability
- symbolic interactionism
Works Consulted
Bilton, Tony, Kevin Bonnett, Pip Jones, David Skinner, Michelle Stanworth, and Andrew Webster. 1996. Introductory Sociology . 3rd ed. London: Macmillan.
Crooks, Robert, and Karla Baur. 2014. Our Sexuality . 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Ferrante, Joan. 2011. Seeing Sociology: An Introduction . Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e . Houston, TX: OpenStax.
Henslin, James M. 2012. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach . 10th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Marsh, Ian, and Mike Keating, eds. 2006. Sociology: Making Sense of Society . 3rd ed. Harlow, England: Pearson Education.
Oxford University Press. (N.d.) Oxford Dictionaries . ( https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ ).
Shepard, Jon M. 2010. Sociology . 11th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Shepard, Jon M., and Robert W. Greene. 2003. Sociology and You . New York: Glencoe.
Thompson, William E., and Joseph V. Hickey. 2012. Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology . 7th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Wikipedia contributors. (N.d.) Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary . Wikimedia Foundation. ( http://en.wiktionary.org ).
Cite the Definition of Case Study
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “case study.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Retrieved September 8, 2024 ( https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ ).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
case study. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary . Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “case study.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Accessed September 8, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ .
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“case study.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary . Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 8 Sep. 2024. < https://sociologydictionary.org/case-study/ >.
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1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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- a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.
- case history .
- the act or an instance of analysing one or more particular cases or case histories with a view to making generalizations
Word History and Origins
Origin of case study 1
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It would also become the subject of a fair number of business school case studies.
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The Creek Fire was a case study in the challenge facing today’s fire analysts, who are trying to predict the movements of fires that are far more severe than those seen just a decade ago.
A case study would be your Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.
A good case study for the minority superhero problem is Luke Cage.
He was asked to review a case study out of Lebanon that had cited his work.
Instead, now we have a political science case-study proving how political fortunes can shift and change at warp speed.
One interesting case study is Sir Arthur Evans, the original excavator and “restorer” of the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete.
As this is a case study, it should be said that my first mistake was in discrediting my early religious experience.
The author of a recent case study of democracy in a frontier county commented on the need for this kind of investigation.
How could a case study of Virginia during this period illustrate these developments?
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The criteria used to establish a specific diagnosis. These criteria vary according to the nature of the disease and the purpose for which the case definition is used. When a specific pathogenic organism or pathological process is implicated, unequivocal diagnostic tests are usually available. With diseases such as multiple sclerosis, a scoring system is used, based on points for each of several diagnostic features, each of which is a common feature of the disease but none of which alone is sufficient for diagnosis. The syndromic approach to treatment is mostly used in surveillance and control of dangerous epidemics because screening and diagnostic tests are rarely if ever feasible. Moreover, it is more important to identify all possible, as well as probable, cases, especially with contagious diseases.
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What does the noun culture mean?
There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun culture , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
culture has developed meanings and uses in subjects including
How common is the noun culture ?
1750 | 8.0 |
1760 | 12 |
1770 | 32 |
1780 | 15 |
1790 | 15 |
1800 | 16 |
1810 | 10 |
1820 | 10 |
1830 | 12 |
1840 | 16 |
1850 | 17 |
1860 | 22 |
1870 | 29 |
1880 | 34 |
1890 | 41 |
1900 | 44 |
1910 | 56 |
1920 | 59 |
1930 | 79 |
1940 | 93 |
1950 | 98 |
1960 | 110 |
1970 | 120 |
1980 | 140 |
1990 | 170 |
2000 | 180 |
2010 | 180 |
How is the noun culture pronounced?
British english, u.s. english, where does the noun culture come from.
Earliest known use
Middle English
The earliest known use of the noun culture is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
OED's earliest evidence for culture is from around 1450, in Palladius' De Re Rustica .
culture is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin.
Etymons: French culture ; Latin cultūra .
Nearby entries
- cultural revolution, n. 1929–
- cultural shock, n. 1929–
- cultural studies, n. 1965–
- cultural terrorism, n. 1939–
- cultural terrorist, n. 1955–
- cultural war, n. 1933–
- cultural warrior, n. 1944–
- culturate, v. 1631–1884
- culturati, n. 1892–
- culturation, n. 1606–
- culture, n. c1450–
- culture, v. 1510–
- -culture, comb. form
- culture-bound, adj. 1921–
- culture centre | culture center, n. 1890–
- culture clash, n. 1926–
- culture contact, n. 1892–
- cultured, adj. 1555–
- culture festival, n. 1927–
- culture gap, n. 1912–
- culture hero, n. 1868–
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Definition of research noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- scientific/medical/academic research
- They are raising money for cancer research.
- to do/conduct/undertake research
- I've done some research to find out the cheapest way of travelling there.
- research into something He has carried out extensive research into renewable energy sources.
- research on something/somebody Recent research on deaf children has produced some interesting findings about their speech.
- Research on animals has led to some important medical advances.
- according to research According to recent research, more people are going to the movies than ever before.
- Their latest research project will be funded by the government.
- Are you hoping to get a research grant ?
- a research fellow/assistant/scientist
- a research institute/centre/laboratory
- The research findings were published in the Journal of Environmental Quality.
- formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
- build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
- develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
- advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
- explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
- make a prediction/an inference
- base a prediction/your calculations on something
- investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
- design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
- do research/an experiment/an analysis
- make observations/measurements/calculations
- carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
- run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
- repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
- replicate a study/the results/the findings
- observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
- seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
- collect/gather/extract data/information
- yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
- analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
- consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
- fit the data/model
- confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
- prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
- draw/make/reach the same conclusions
- read/review the records/literature
- describe/report an experiment/a study
- present/publish/summarize the results/findings
- present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
- a debate about the ethics of embryonic stem cell research
- For his PhD he conducted field research in Indonesia.
- Further research is needed.
- Future research will hopefully give us a better understanding of how garlic works in the human body.
- Dr Babcock has conducted extensive research in the area of agricultural production.
- the funding of basic research in biology, chemistry and genetics
- Activists called for a ban on animal research.
- Work is under way to carry out more research on the gene.
- She returned to Jamaica to pursue her research on the African diaspora.
- Bad punctuation can slow down people's reading speeds, according to new research carried out at Bradford University.
- He focused his research on the economics of the interwar era.
- Most research in the field has concentrated on the effects on children.
- One paper based on research conducted at Oxford suggested that the drug may cause brain damage.
- Research demonstrates that women are more likely than men to provide social support to others.
- She's doing research on Czech music between the wars.
- The research does not support these conclusions.
- They are carrying out research into the natural flow patterns of water.
- They lack the resources to do their own research.
- What has their research shown?
- Funding for medical research has been cut quite dramatically.
- a startling piece of historical research
- pioneering research into skin disease
- They were the first to undertake pioneering research into the human genome.
- There is a significant amount of research into the effects of stress on junior doctors.
- He's done a lot of research into the background of this story.
- research which identifies the causes of depression
- spending on military research and development
- the research done in the 1950s that linked smoking with cancer
- The children are taking part in a research project to investigate technology-enabled learning.
- The Lancet published a research paper by the scientist at the centre of the controversy.
- Who is directing the group's research effort?
- She is chief of the clinical research program at McLean Hospital.
- James is a 24-year-old research student from Iowa.
- You will need to describe your research methods.
- Before a job interview, do your research and find out as much as you can about the company.
- Most academic research is carried out in universities.
- This is a piece of research that should be taken very seriously.
- This is an important area of research.
- There's a large body of research linking hypertension directly to impaired brain function.
- In the course of my researches, I came across some of my grandfather's old letters.
- demonstrate something
- find something
- identify something
- programme/program
- research in
- research into
- research on
- an area of research
- focus your research on something
- somebody’s own research
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Quick Reference. A research method that engages in the close, detailed examination of a single example or phenomenon. In some instances, it may be a version of ideographic rather than nomothetic investigation—seeking ... From: case study in Dictionary of the Social Sciences ». Subjects: Social sciences.
Definition of case study noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the noun case study is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for case study is from 1914, in Journal of American Criminal Law & Criminol. case study is formed within English, by compounding.
CASE STUDY definition: 1. a detailed account giving information about the development of a person, group, or thing…. Learn more.
The article uses this definition as a basis to explore a series of contrasts between cross-case study and case study research. This article attempts to provide better understanding of this persisting methodological debate as a matter of tradeoffs, which may also contribute to destroying the boundaries that have separated these rival genres ...
Plural: case studies. The term refers to both the subject and method of study. Case studies are often based on ethnographic research and conducted through participant observation, instead of aggregate data such as a sample of a population. Variant spelling: case-study. Also called case report.
The meaning of CASE STUDY is an intensive analysis of an individual unit (such as a person or community) stressing developmental factors in relation to environment. How to use case study in a sentence.
Case study definition: . See examples of CASE STUDY used in a sentence.
Case study definition: a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.. See examples of CASE STUDY used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the noun research is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for research is from 1577, in 'F. de L'Isle''s Legendarie. research is apparently formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, search n. See etymology.
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There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun science, three of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. science has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. rhetoric (Middle English) education (Middle English) medieval history (Middle English) grammar (Middle ...
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Synonyms example example case instance specimen illustration These are all words for a thing or situation that is typical of a particular group or set, and is sometimes used to support an argument. example something such as an object, a fact or a situation that shows, explains or supports what you say; a thing that is typical of or represents a particular group or set:
CASE STUDY definition: a report about a particular person or thing, to show an example of a general principle. Learn more.
There are 20 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun case, five of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. case has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. grammar (Old English) medicine (Middle English) law (Middle English) pathology (Middle English) tobacco (mid 1600s)
These criteria vary according to the nature of the disease and the purpose for which the case definition is used. When a specific pathogenic organism or pathological process is implicated, unequivocal diagnostic tests are usually available. ... The Oxford Biblical Studies Online and Oxford Islamic Studies Online have retired.
There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun culture, three of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. culture has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. agriculture (Middle English) religion (Middle English) education (early 1500s) life sciences (1880s)
Definition of research noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. ... a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it ... according to research According to recent research, ...