Case Studies Case Study Research 5

Question 1

A researcher shares draft case findings with the people who were studied to check accuracy. This procedure is called:

Accepted Answer

Member checking

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Pattern matching

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Theoretical sampling

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Time-series analysis

Question 2

Which is a recognized weakness of documentary evidence in case studies?

Accepted Answer

Documents may reflect the unknown bias of their authors

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Documents cannot be reviewed repeatedly

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Documents are always inaccessible to researchers

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Documents contain no exact names or details

Question 3

An ethics board asks how case participants will be protected. Which practice best addresses confidentiality when the case organization is easily identifiable?

Accepted Answer

Anonymizing individuals and negotiating what identifying details may be published

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Publishing all names because the data are qualitative

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Skipping informed consent since no experiment occurs

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Deleting all data immediately after publication

Question 4

A time-series analysis in case study research examines:

Accepted Answer

How trends in the case's events over time match theoretically predicted trends

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Whether the sample size is statistically adequate

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The correlation between two random samples

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The reliability of a survey instrument

Question 5

Which reporting structure presents the same case evidence from the perspectives of different theories or stakeholder viewpoints?

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Comparative structure

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Linear-analytic structure

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Chronological structure

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Unsequenced structure

Question 6

A pilot case study is conducted primarily to:

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Refine data collection plans, protocols, and lines of questioning

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Serve as the final confirmatory evidence for the theory

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Replace the need for a literature review

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Generalize immediately to a national population

Question 7

When a researcher's presence changes how people in the case behave, this problem is known as:

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Reflexivity or reactivity

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Analytic generalization

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Literal replication

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Construct saturation