Oct 11, 2017
Conversation with a Case Study Specialist
Me: Konnichiwa, Sensei! I have a question.
Sensei: Konnichiwa! Watashi wa Robert Yin. What is it?
Me: What exactly is a Case Study?
Sensei: It is an impirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon in depth and within its real-world context
Me: Oh. Arigato-
Sense: -it also covers logic of design , data collection techniques, specifc approaches to data analysis.
Me: Is that s-
Sensei: Case studies can be used to capture the complexity
of a case, including temporal changes, as well as explore the contextual conditions of a case.
Me: ARIGATOU, SENSEI! Boy, that was a lot to take in.
Sensei: Well...there is more to it than meets the eye.
to be continued
Posted by Andrea Roque and Kathleen Camus