Deck 10: Case Studies

Question 1

Which type of case study is undertaken when a researcher wants to better understand one particular case as an illustration of a particular trait, characteristic, or problem?

A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A researcher undertakes a case study because something important has happened, and he/she wants to understand the particular problem because it is unique and interesting. The researcher is not trying to develop new grounded theory or to test abstract theory. Which type of case study is this example of?

A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A case study requires a deep and full examination of the case through ___________.

A) only primary sources
B) multiple methods and/or sources
C) deep detailed interviewing
D) only secondary and tertiary sources

Answer 3

B

Question 4

When do case studies take place?

A) Prior to a staged event to observe planning dynamics
B) During a naturally occurring social event
C) During a staged event planned by researchers
D) After the event occurs

Question 5

To be called a case study, the research project must be ________________.

A) one instance of a broader category of events
B) systematically recapturing nuances of the past orally
C) a study of a small group of individuals sharing common characteristics
D) covert observation of a large corporation

Question 6

Which type of case study provides insight into an issue or refines a theoretical explanation to make it more generalizable?

A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study

Question 7

An embedded case study is unique from a standard case study because it ____________.

A) uses multiple methods and/or sources
B) represents one instance of a broader category of events
C) includes several levels, or units of analysis
D) studies organizations or individuals

Question 8

Which researcher quality can be tested by a researcher's openness to findings that contradict the original research hypothesis?

A) Inquiring mind
B) Ability to listen and sense
C) Adaptability
D) Unbiased interpretation

Question 9

Which researcher quality indicates that the researcher is willing to ask questions before, during, and after data collection to determine the true reasons the event is happening?

A) Inquiring mind
B) Ability to listen and sense
C) Understanding of the issues
D) Unbiased interpretation

Question 10

Which type of personal document requires analysis to determine why it is recorded, and then can provide a window into personal life and relationships?

A) Diary
B) Letter
C) Memo
D) Photo and video

Question 11

Which type of personal document can reflect the tone and atmosphere of a setting as well as the level of anxiety, stress, and morale of the writer while also revealing general organization, hierarchy, and roles?

A) Diary
B) Letter
C) Memo
D) Photo and video

Question 12

Case studies often use interviewing to gain knowledge about the research subjects. How do case studies use interviewing that is different from typical research interviewing?

A) Gathering interviews from multiple sources connected to the key subject
B) Enacting a complex set of interviewer roles to set the subject at ease
C) Maintaining strict interviewer/informant anonymity
D) Holding interviews in small groups of participants

Question 13

Which researcher quality indicates that the researcher can assimilate large amounts of new information through observation?

A) Inquiring mind
B) Ability to listen and sense
C) Understanding of the issues
D) Unbiased interpretation

Question 14

Which type of case study involves extensive research of several instrumental cases intended to allow better understanding, insight, or improved ability to theorize about a broader context?

A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study

Question 15

Which type of journal entry transforms a personal document into a solicited document?

A) Entries to create a written record of daily events
B) Entries for therapeutic release
C) Entries created per a request from an investigator
D) Entries created to be a chronological listing of new experiences

Question 16

Which researcher quality allows the researcher to record data while interpreting and reacting to the data collected?

A) Inquiring mind
B) Ability to listen and sense
C) Understanding of the issues
D) Unbiased interpretation

Question 17

The process by which people understand the stimuli with which they are confronted, how they frame what they see and hear, and how they interpret their own actions and go about solving problems is called _____________.

A) case study
B) sensemaking
C) embedded case study
D) ethnobiography

Question 18

Multiple-case studies, cross-case studies, comparative case studies, and contrasting case studies are all synonymous names for which type of case study?

A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study

Question 19

Which type of personal document can provide insight into the writer's deepest thoughts such as why a battle is fought, or why serial killers kill through reflecting the inner world of the writer communicated to another?

A) Diary
B) Letter
C) Memo
D) Photo and video

Question 20

Which researcher quality indicates that the researcher is flexible enough to change data collection strategies if they do not seem to be functioning effectively?

A) Inquiring mind
B) Ability to listen and sense
C) Adaptability
D) Unbiased interpretation

Question 21

What are the steps involved in creation of grounded theory during case study research?

Question 22

What are the five researcher skills associated with conducting good case studies?

Question 23

What are the five typologies of case studies? Define each.

Question 24

Which research design implies that researcher has established a theoretical framework, and then creates research questions, using the case study to measure factors that are most relevant, and factors that are not as relevant to the research question for comparison?

A) Exploratory case study
B) Explanatory case study
C) Descriptive case study
D) Embedded case study

Question 25

Which type of case study investigates one research entity at multiple points in time?

A) Snapshot case study
B) Longitudinal case study
C) Pre-post case study
D) Comparative case study

Question 26

Which type of case study is a detailed, objective study of one research entity at one point in time?

A) Snapshot case study
B) Longitudinal case study
C) Pre-post case study
D) Patchwork case study

Question 27

What is a community case study, and how does it work?

Question 28

Define and describe the essential elements of a case study.

Question 29

What are several reasons that a case study to generate theory or a theory after research model can be useful?

Question 30

Which type of case study investigates multiple research entities for the purpose of cross-unit comparison?

A) Snapshot case study
B) Longitudinal case study
C) Pre-post case study
D) Comparative case study

Question 31

Which research design may be seen as a prelude to a large social scientific study, which may or may not involve case studies?

A) Exploratory case study
B) Explanatory case study
C) Descriptive case study
D) Embedded case study

Question 32

Name and define three types of case studies.

Question 33

Why are objectivity and generalizability to important to case studies?

Question 34

What are the five component elements required in creating a case study design, and how are they connected?

Question 35

Which research design uses pattern-matching techniques to examine a plurality of influences in a case study with the goal of analyzing the many factors that build a causal explanation for the case?

A) Exploratory case study
B) Explanatory case study
C) Descriptive case study
D) Embedded case study

Question 36

Which type of case study studies one research entity at two time points separated by a critical event?

A) Snapshot case study
B) Longitudinal case study
C) Pre-post case study
D) Comparative case study

Question 37

Which type of case study is a set of multiple case studies of the same entity using a multi-design approach to provide a holistic view of the dynamics of the research subject?

A) Snapshot case study
B) Longitudinal case study
C) Pre-post case study
D) Patchwork case study

Question 38

What is an example of a case study from your own knowledge, or from the text?

Question 39

What are several reasons that a theory-before-research model can be useful when conducting case studies?