Anshul HindalAIR 48 · CSE 2023 · 171 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
case studies is the method of detailed analysis of a particular event or phenomenon. They are used to study problems which require in depth knowledge. They are useful for generating hypothesis
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minal sociology
- uses of case study
- riots
- public policy Analysis
They are useful for generating hypothesis
They provide the new knowledge which may not be known commonly eg: case study of suicides by Durkheim
Hypothesis can be built by finding the common phenomenon by studying similar case studies Eg: street corner crime relation with demography
case studies allows us to go for causal plural analysis which can be studied with further data.
Hypothesis building require preview of literature. case studies provide preview of existing events.
case study helps to go for comparative sociology which is essential for hypothesis construction.
case study when combined with common sense knowledge produces best result → phenomenologist
shortcomings
- scope of case study is very specific difficult to generalize
- validity and reliability remains a question as situation cannot be created again. Therefore case studies must be supplemented with other methods [triangulation] for hypothesis building
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