This book presents a disciplined, qualitative exploration of case study methods by drawing from naturalistic, holistic, ethnographic, phenomenologic and biographic research methods. Robert E Stake uses and annotates an actual case study to answer such questions as: How is the case selected? How do y[...]

Winner of the 2011 Special Career Award in Qualitative Inquiry from the International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry! Examining situational complexity is a vital part of social and behavioral science research. This engaging text provides an effective process for studying multiple cases - such as s[...]