Case Study Research: Putting the Quant Into the Qual

Colin Elman; John Gerring; James Mahoney

doi:10.1177/0049124116644273

Case Study Research: Putting the Quant Into the Qual

Colin Elman, John Gerring, James Mahoney

Department of Political Science

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Abstract

Case studies are usually considered a qualitative method. However, some aspects of case study research—notably, the selection of cases—may be viewed through a quantitative template. In this symposium, we invite authors to contemplate the ways in which case study research might be conceived, and improved, by applying lessons from large-n cross-case research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	375-391
Number of pages	17
Journal	Sociological Methods and Research
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124116644273
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

Keywords

case selection
case study
methodology
qualitative methods
quantitative methods

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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