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Where is a case study usually taken?

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Within a real life context

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What does a case study involve?

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The in-depth study over time of a case

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How is data mainly gained?

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Through interviews and questionnaires

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What type of data does a case study produce?

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Usually qualitative data. It normally produces some measurement data and a powerful narrative account that provides an overall picture

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What did Sandelowski say in 1996?

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“Understanding a particular in the all-together”

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Who said “understanding a particular in the all-together” in what year?

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Sandelowski in 1996

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What did Freud study?

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A theory about unconscious by studying multiple patients who were hysterical

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Who did a case study on the unconscious?

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Freud

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How is each study selected?

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Via the basis of what it might contribute to a developing pool of data

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What are the two advantages of case studies?

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It provides Rich and interesting data and can challenge existing theory

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Expand on “rich and interesting data”

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The data produced has a high level of realism. It can provide valuable insights

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Give an example of how rich and interesting data have helped in the real world

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Important information about brain functions has been deduced from case studies of brain damaged individuals such as Clive Wearing. These cases provided information that could not have been obtained otherwise

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Expand on “challenging existing theory”

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If the case study findings don’t match an existing study then the original theory has to be modified.

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What are the four disadvantages of case studies?

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The low reliability of much case research, the findings may be subjective, selecting from large amounts of data and distortions

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Expand on “the low reliability of much case study research”

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The findings are unlikely to be replicated so findings can’t be generalised to other situations. However case studies are not usually intended to make generalisations

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Expand on “the findings may be subjective”

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Case studies are based on interviews and observations so overtime a relationship may develop between the researcher and participants so results may be bias

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Expand “selecting from large amounts of data”

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So much data is collected in case studies so the researcher has to decide what is the most important which makes the case study subjective

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Expand on “distortions”

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Recollections made me the interviewee may not be 100% accurate