Case Study

Presented By : Sanaullah and Muhammad Saleem BS(IT) 5th Semester

What Is a Case Study?

“A Case Study is an in-depth study of one person”.

In a case study, nearly every aspect of the subject’s life and history is analyzed to seek patterns and causes for behavior.

The hope is that learning gained from studying one case can be generalized to many.

Case Study Methods Prospective: A type of case study in which an

individual or group of people is observed in order to determine outcomes. e.g. a group of individuals might be watched over an extended period of time to observe the progression of a particular disease.

Retrospective: A type of case study that involves looking at historical information. E.g. researchers might start with an outcome, such as a disease, and then backwards at information about the individuals life to determine risk factors that may have contributed to the illness.

Types of Case studies

Explanatory: used to do casual investigations.

Exploratory: A case study that is some times used as a prelude to further, more in-depth research. This allows researchers to gather more information before developing their research questions and hypotheses..

Descriptive: Involves starting with a description theory. The subjects are then observed and the information gathered is compared to the pre-existing theory.

Intrinsic: A type of case study in which the researcher has a personal interest in the case.

Collective: Involves studying a group of individuals..

Instrumental: Occurs when the individual or group allows researchers to understand more than what is initially obvious to observers.

“Sources of Information used in Case Study”

Direct observation Interviews Documents Archival records Physical artifacts Participant observation

How to write a Case Study?

A Case Study is a puzzle that to be solved. The first thing to remember about writing a case study is that the case should have a

problem for the readers to solve.

The Case should have enough information in it that readers can understand what the problem is and, the readers should be able to come up with a proposed solution…

Steps in Case Writing There are three basic steps in case writing

The Research Phase

The Analysis Phase

Actual Writing

The Research Phase:

• Library and Internet research• Interviewing people who know the place or the

situation

The Analysis Phase:

• Put all the information in one place

• Assign sections of material to different people

• Try to formulate the case problem in a few sentences

o The Actual writing:

1. Describe the problem or case question you want the reader to solve

2. Organize the sections of the case

a) Background on the place

b) Visitors to the place

c) Intro. To the problem

d) Government Policy

e) Business Opportunities in

f) Potential employees

g) Environmental Implications for Animal and Plant Life of Changes in the Area

Other Sections of the Case

Conclusion

Making Sure Your Case can be used in other Country