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Understanding ComplexResource Management Issues in
their Real World Context:Case Study Approaches to
Research
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Workshop %'(ecti&es
) $ecome *amiliar +ith the utility andlimitations o* case study research
)$ecome *amiliar +ith the design,implementation, and analysis o* acase study
) ractice designing a case study usinga real +orld example
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Workshop %utline
) Asking e-ecti&e research .uestions
) Matching methods to .uestions
) What is a case study/) Case study design exercise
) 0ata analysis
) 1eneraliation, case .uality, andother issues
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Workshop rogramme
Wednesday, June 13, Morning
3:4 Introductions, 5earning o'(ecti&es, courseschedule
Asking e-ecti&e research .uestions
Matching methods to .uestionsWhat is a case study/
Case study components
6:$reak
Case study design$ackground on nursery case study exercise
reparation *or 7eld exercise
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Workshop rogramme
Wednesday, June 13, Afternoon6: 8ransport to Inopacan, 5eyte
8our nursery
0iscussion +ith nursery pro(ect participants
4: Return to campusMeet +ith participants *rom second nursery
pro(ect
0iscussion
9: Ad(ourn
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Workshop rogramme
Thursday, June 14, Morning3:4 reparation *or group presentations
1roups assem'le case study plans6:4 $reak
1roup presentations
0iscussion62:4 5unchTuesday Afternoon6:4 Inter&ie+s and 7eld notes
0ata analysis, Coding4: $reak
1eneraliing *rom case studies "udging case study design .ualityuestions, comments, discussion
9:4 Ad(ourn
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Asking ;-ecti&e Researchuestions
) Why is it important/
) Who cares <or should care= a'out
the .uestion/) What 'ody o* theory +ill itcontri'ute to/
) >as it 'een asked 'e*ore/) Can it 'e ans+ered +ith the time,
expertise, and resources a&aila'le/Case Study Workshop, 2!
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Matching Research Approach touestions
) Write a one?sentence research.uestion rele&ant to your +ork orinterests#
) What data +ould 'e re.uired/
) What disciplines/ 8ypes o*kno+ledge/
) What research approach +ould 'eappropriate/ What speci7c methods/
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@ig# 6# A simpli7ed social science research approachdecision tree#
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8est >ypotheses ;stimatearameters $readth
rimary Approach:
Sur&ey
Scale o* 8argetopulation
0oor?to?0oor
8elephone,Mail
Check Results With ualitati&e0ata
Check Results With Sur&ey0ata
1enerate>ypotheses ;xplainRelationships 0epthrimary Approach:
ualitati&e
Scale o* 8argetopulation
Structured1roup
;thnographic
Methods
Research uestion/
0on
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rincipleurpose/
;xisting 0ata
Ade.uate/
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Inducti&e and 0educti&eReasoning
) Deductive reasoning: 8he processo* reasoning *rom general principlesto particular examples#
) Inductive reasoning: 8he processo* reasoning *rom particularexamples to general principles#
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8 'l 2 ti l Ill t ti 5i t * S i l S i R h
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8a'le 2# artial, Illustrati&e 5ist o* Social Science ResearchMethodologies
Method Application 5imitations
Secondary Data•>istorical•Census•re&ious research
ro&ide context and'ackground *or anysocial researchendea&or
A&aila'ility andrele&ance o* existingdata
Ethnographic•articipant
o'ser&ation•Case study•%ral history•Dey in*ormant
;xplain experienceand &alues o* speci7c
target population,identi*y relationships,understand issues incontext
8ime re.uirement,limited capacity to
generalie, lack o**ormal analyticalprocedures
Structured Group•@ocus group•
Bominal group•0elphi
;sta'lish pro'lemEs'oundaries and topics
*or *urther research
5imited capacity togeneralie
Survey • 8elephone•Mail•0oor to door
;stimate generalparameters o* largepopulation, rigorousstatistical analysis
A priori kno+ledgere.uired, limitedcapacity to explain,declining responserates
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8a'le 6# Comparison o* ualitati&e and Standardieduestionnaire Sur&ey Methodologies <*rom $liss andMartin 6F3F=
Methodology
ualitati&e Standardied Sur&ey
urpose 0escri'e and explainprocesses and relationships,generate hypotheses
0escri'e, estimatepopulation parameters,test hypotheses
0esign Inducti&e, Gexi'le 0educti&e, rigidSample Selecti&e Random
uestions In*ormant?dri&en,Why/ What/ >o+/
redetermined,>o+ manyHmuch/
Unit o*analysis
Indi&idual, case 8rait
0ata Multiple instruments Single instrument
Analysis Uncodi7ed @ormal
Results 0epth, particulars $readth,generaliations
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Research Syndromes
) $est A&aila'le 0ata
) 8he >ammer and the Bail
) 8he Streetlight Syndrome) ;xcessi&e ;xpertise
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Case Study 0e7nition
Case study is a strategy *or doingresearch +hich in&ol&es an empiricalin&estigation o* a particular
contemporary phenomenon +ith itsreal li*e context using multiplesources o* e&idence#J
in, 6F36
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Case Study Components
) Strategy
) ;mpirical in&estigation
) A particular contemporaryphenomenon
) Within its real li*e context
) Using multiple sources o* e&idence
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8riangulation
Key informant interviews
Content analysis of
newspapers
Household survey
Historical accounts
Ecological inventory data
Census data
GIS analysis
Literature
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0esigning the Case Study
6# What is the phenomenon 'eing studied/0e7ne the case K What are the'oundaries/
2# What are the research .uestions/4# Who are the key players/
L# What are the key social, economic,ecological, political *actors/ <0escri'e
the context=#
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9# What data +ill 'e re.uired/
# >o+ +ill data 'e collected/
!# >o+ +ill data 'e analyed/
3# What +ill 'e the utility o* study results/@or +hom/
F# >o+ +ill study results 'e disseminated/
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uestions to onder
) WhatEs going on here/
) What is this an example o*/ Whatdoes this illustrate/
) Who are +e hearing *rom/
) Who arenEt +e hearing *rom/
) Who stands to gain/) Who stands to lose/
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1eneraliing *rom Case Studies
) Statistical generaliation: descri'ing apopulation 'ased upon a sample#
) 8heoretical <analytical= generaliation:descri'ing a phenomenon 'ased upon a case#
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0ata Analysis
) 0ata management
) 8o record or not to record
) 8ranscri'ing inter&ie+s) Coding
) attern recognition
) Writing as analysis
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Coding 8ext
Selecti&eCodingJ
@amilies
AxialCodingJ
%penCodingJ
8hemesor
Bet+orks
Inter&ie+ 8ext
I n c r e a s i n g
A ' s t r a c t i o n
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Increasing abstraction
Theme
Coded text
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) 0irector o* community organiation oncommunity *orestry:
) I +ant the rural communities to 'e seen as theste+ards o* the pu'lic lands that surround them#I donEt +ant us to 'e seen as loggers, rapers,pillagers, graers, you kno+, co+ shitters#Whate&er is that +eEre percei&ed to 'e no+#
$ecause I 'elie&e +e ha&e the kno+ledge andthe a'ility, i* +eEre allo+ed, to stay on thelandscape, to ste+ard those lands in a +ay thatthe pu'lic +ill 'e proud o* *or generations tocome and I kno+ thatEs the moti&ation# $ecause
+hen +e talk a'out community *orestry, +e talka'out management *or the next generation#J
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@amily *orest o+ner on oakconser&ation:
I +ould hate to see the oaksdisappear# May'e on my southhillside here +here I ha&e a lot o*oaks I should (ust let them gro+# 8he
oaks tend to gro+ up and not shadelike the maples do# 0ouglas?7r gro+sright up through them # # #
I like the di&ersity# I certainly +ouldnot clean out all the oaks# I mean,three or *our 'ig logs, I might sellthose *or a good price, 'ut the mainthing is to lea&e other oaks coming
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"udging Case Study 0esign uality<a*ter in 24=#
8ests Case Study 8actic
Construct &alidity )Multiple data sources)Chain o* e&idence
)In*ormant re&ie+
Internal &alidity )attern matching
)Ri&al explanations
)5ogic models
;xternal &alidity ) 8heory K 'ase <singlecases=
)Replication logic <multiple
cases=Relia'ility )Case study protocol
)0ata'ase
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Case Study Research Re*erences
Ragin, Charles C#, and >o+ard S# $ecker, eds# 6FF2# What is
a case/ ;xploring the *oundations o* social in.uiry#Cam'ridge: Cam'ridge Uni&ersity ress#Ro'son, Colin# 22# Real World Research, second ed#
Malden, MA: $lack+ell u'lishing# 9FF p#
Stake, Ro'ert ;# 6FF9# 8he art o* case study research# 8housand %aks, CA: Sage u'lications# 6!4 p#
in, Ro'ert D# 24# Case Study Research, 0esign andMethods third ed## Applied Social Research Methods SeriesNol# 9# 5ondon: Sage u'lications# 6!F p#
in, Ro'ert D# 24# Applications o* case study research,Second ;dition# Applied Social Research Methods Series,Nol# 4L# 8housand %aks, CA: Sage u'lications# 6!4 p#
in, Ro'ert D# 2L# 8he case study anthology# 8housand%aks, CA: Sage u'lications# 2!6 p#