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Applications of Case Study Research (Applied Social Research Methods)

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This book is a real good complement to the classic "Case Study Research" from the same author. Some of the concepts of the other book were not aboslutely clear (although the book is very good), but I was really able to understand fully after reading this one. Don't buy one without the other!!! These two books have everything you really need to know about case studies. Good luck!!

Everyone is telling stories through case studies but what do they mean. How can you tell a good case from a poor one? Yin does something that few people have done -- provide a strong academic explaination that is understandable to the business person. Too often strong academic concepts are explained in language that makes the less appealing and seem weak to business people.

Yin's examination of the different types of case studies and study methods helps people understand what they are reading when the read a case study.

This very accessible book is a must for researchers and those who want to understand what cases are and how to use them.

This book has been very helpful in completing my dissertation proposal. Yin puts things in a very straightforward way which helps when working on complex issues. I would suggest this book to anyone contemplating a case study.

This book was exceptional in explaining the basic tenets of case study research. In re-writing my methodology section of my dissertation, this book provided clear illustrations on how to go about case study research. Worth the read!!!

If you only read one book about case research, buy this one together with R. K. Yin, Case Studie Research: Design and Methods (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 2002).

I am working on my theses of doctoral grade and found this book very useful for my methodological work.

I am a clinical psych. grad. trying to finish a case study dissertation. Also, an adult dignosed with ADHD and was looking for more help and structure. This book was somewhat helpful, but would have been more helpful for proposal than actual dissertation. Was looking for more help on dissertation structure. Wish I would have had this before I struggled with a proposal. But not so much help for dissertation.