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Legal case histories are a basic and essential part of the law. It is proposed that evaluation case histories would be valuable to the evaluation profession in that they would serve both to accumulate knowledge and experience and as examples of how to do evaluations. Part I of the paper is a discussion of the nature, place and use of case histories in law. The format of a reported case, the use of cases by attorneys and how case decisions are reported and categorized are also discussed. Part II of the paper tries to envision the nature and use of evaluation case histories as a parallel to legal case histories. Matters discussed include the possible function and use of evaluation case histories, the difference between an evaluation report and an evaluation case history, information an evaluation case history could contain, and how case histories might be reported and categorized.
Table of Contents
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Volume I: Case Study Contexts
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Origins and History
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1. Statistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research
Ernest Burgess
1927
Sociology and Social Research
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2. The Case Study as a Research Method
Percival Symonds
1945
Review of Educational Research
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Paul Foreman
1948
Social Forces
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4. Case and Situation Analysis
J. Mitchell
1983
Sociological Review
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5. “Case Study” in American Methodological Thought
Jennifer Platt
1992
Current Sociology
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Contemporary Meanings of Case Study
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6. Making the Case for Case Study
W. Kenny | Arden Grotelueschen
1984
Grotelueschen Journal of Curriculum Studies
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7. What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for?
John Gerring
2004
American Political Science Review
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8. What Is This a Case of? Exploring Some Conceptual Issues in Case Study Research
Suzanne Wilson | Sigrun Gudmundsdottir
1987
Education and Urban Society
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Rob VanWynsberghe | Samia Khan
2007
International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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10. The Case Study Challenge – A New Approach to an Old Method
Tsilia Romm | Sophia Mahler
1991
Management Education and Development (now known as Management Learning)
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11. The Harvard Business School Story: Avoiding Knowledge by Being Relevant
Ianna Contardo | Robin Wensley
2004
Organization
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The Relationship Between Case Study and Other Methodologies
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Volume II: Case Study Design
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Overall Design
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Ian Macpherson | Ross Brooker | Paul Ainsworth
2000
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
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22. A Case in Case Study Methodology
Christine Meyer
2001
Field Methods
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23. Identification of Ambiguity in the Case Study Research Typology: What Is a Unit of Analysis?
Niels Grünbaum
2007
Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal
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Types of Case Study
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24. Case Study Principles for Different Types of Cases
J. Cunningham
1997
Cunningham Quality & Quantity
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25. Types of Case Study Work: A Conceptual Framework for Case-Based Research
David Edwards
1998
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
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26. Case Studies: Types, Designs, and Logics of Inference
Jack Levy
2008
Conflict Management and Peace Science
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Gary Thomas
2011
Qualitative Inquiry
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Sampling/Selection
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28. Process Sampling: A Method for Case Study Research on Administrative Behavior
Charles McClintock
1985
Educational Administration Quarterly
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Sarah Curtis | Wil Gesler | Glenn Smith | Sarah Washburn
2000
Social Science & Medicine
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30. Site Selection within Comparative Case Study and Ethnographic Research
Geoffrey Walford
2001
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
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31. Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options
Jason Seawright | John Gerring
2008
Political Research Quarterly
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Particular Kinds of Case Study
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32. Using Stake's Qualitative Case Study Approach to Explore Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice
Sheryl Boblin | Sandra Ireland | Helen Kirkpatrick | Kim Robertson
2013
Qualitative Health Research
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33. Single-Outcome Studies: A Methodological Primer
John Gerring
2006
International Sociology
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34. The Comparative Case Study Approach in Public Administration
Robert Agranoff | Beryl Radin
1991
Research in Public Administration
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35. Pedagogic Research into Singularities: Case-Studies, Probes and Curriculum Innovations
Michael Bassey
1983
Oxford Review of Education
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36. The Case-Study Model: An Organizational Strategy for Cross-Cultural Evaluation
Gila Garaway
1996
Evaluation
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37. The “Too Few Cases/Too Many Variables” Problem in Implementation Research
Malcolm Goggin
1986
The Western Political Quarterly (now known as Political Research Quarterly)
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Volume III: Issues with Case Study
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Overviews
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38. The Case Study Crisis: Some Answers
Robert Yin
1981
Administrative Science Quarterly
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39. Case Study as a Research Strategy: Some Ambiguities and Opportunities
Piet Verschuren
2003
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
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40. Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Bent Flyvbjerg
2006
Qualitative Inquiry
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Generalisation
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41. A Research Design for Generalizing from Multiple Case Studies
David Greene | Jane David
1984
Evaluation and Program Planning
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42. On Generalising from Single Case Studies: Epistemological Reflections
Colin Evers | Echo Wu
2006
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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43. The Case: Generalisation, Theory and Phronesis in Case Study
Gary Thomas
2011
Oxford Review of Education
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Lars Mjóset
2006
International Sociology
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45. Drawing Lessons from Case Studies by Enhancing Comparability
Attilia Ruzzene
2012
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
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Validity, Reliability, Etc.
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46. What Passes as a Rigorous Case Study?
Michael Gibbert | Winfried Ruigrok | Barbara Wicki
2008
Strategic Management Journal
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Thomas Diefenbach
2009
Quality & Quantity
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48. Validity and Generalization in Future Case Study Evaluations
Robert Yin
2013
Evaluation
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Other Issues
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49. Strategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis
James Mahoney
2000
Sociological Methods & Research
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50. Cumulating the Intellectual Gold of Case Study Research
Jason L. | Robert Rodgers
2001
Public Administration Review
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51. Epistemology as Ethics in Research and Policy: The Use of Case Studies
John Elliott | Dominik Lukeš
2008
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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Case Study and Theory
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52. Building Theories from Case Study Research
Kathleen Eisenhardt
1989
Academy of Management Review
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53. Eisenhardt's Impact on Theory in Case Study Research
Katherine Ravenswood
2011
Journal of Business Research
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David Thacher
2006
American Journal of Sociology
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55. Doing Case Study: Abduction Not Induction, Phronesis Not Theory
Gary Thomas
2010
Qualitative Inquiry
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56. Troubling Theory in Case Study Research
Martyn Hammersley
2012
Higher Education Research & Development
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57. Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies: An Approach to Theory Building
Christina Hoon
2013
Organizational Research Methods
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Volume IV: The Use of Case Studies in Different Disciplines
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Accounting
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58. Case Study Research in Accounting
David Cooper | Wayne Morgan
2008
Accounting Horizons
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59. Value Chains, Partnerships and Development: Using Case Studies to Refine Programme Theories
Sietze Vellema | Giel Ton | Nina de Roo | Jeroen van Wijk
2013
Evaluation
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Education
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60. Case Study in Comparative Education: Particularity and Generalisation
Lawrence Stenhouse
1979
Comparative Education
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61. A Case Study of a Case Study: Analysis of a Robust Qualitative Research Methodology
Catherine Snyder
2012
The Qualitative Report
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Health
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62. The Case Study as a Scientific Method for Researching Alternative Therapies
David Lukoff | David Edwards | Martha Miller
1998
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
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Industrial Marketing Management
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Michael Beverland | Adam Lindgreen
2010
Industrial Marketing Management
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Information Systems
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64. Case Study Research: A Multi-Faceted Research Approach for IS
A.L.M. Cavaye
1996
Information Systems Journal
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Line Dubé | Guy Paré
2003
MIS Quarterly
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International Business
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66. The Case Study as Disciplinary Convention: Evidence from International Business Journals
Rebecca Piekkari | Catherine Welch | Eriikka Paavilainen
2009
Organizational Research Methods
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Law
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Darrel Caulley | Irene Dowdy
1987
Evaluation and Program Planning
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Operations Management
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68. Case Research in Operations Management
Chris Voss | Nikos Tsikriktsis | Mark Frohlich
2002
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
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Psychoanalysis
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69. The Psychoanalytic Case Study: Toward a Method for Systematic Inquiry
Enrico Jones | Michael Windholz
1990
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
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Public Administration
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70. The Single Case Study as Intellectually Ambitious Inquiry
Michael Barzelay
1993
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART
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71. The Case Study Method for Research in Small- and Medium-Sized Firms
Sylvie Chetty
1996
International Small Business Journal
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Social Work
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72. How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work
Eunjung Lee | Faye Mishna | Sarah Brennenstuhl
2010
Research on Social Work Practice
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